Modern Furniture

MODERN STYLE

The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”

Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.

Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.

It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.

Style: Modern

Creator: Rug & Kilim

Rug & Kilim’s Textural Rug In Pink and Beige Striae

Modern Furniture

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Textural Rug In Pink and Beige Striae

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim's Distressed Style Modern Rug in Red & Gold Abstract Pattern

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Classic Style Tiger Rug in Orange and Blue Pictorial Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Blue Tones with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Custom Rug in Blue, with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Textural Rug In Solid Beige-Brown Striae

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Gray and Blue, with Hourglass Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Runner Rug with Light Blue Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Green and Beige with Geometric Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Blue and Gray with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Distressed Swedish Style Rug in Red and Brown Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Oushak-Style Rug in Indigo, Brown and Brown Floral Patterns

2010s Brazilian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Large Cowhide Rug in White with Black and Gray Accents

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with Blue, Brown & Gray Geometric Patterns

2010s Moroccan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Moroccan Rug in Solid Brown High-Pile Shag

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Dragon Rug in Navy Blue with Gold Pictorial

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Extra-Long Kilim Runner Rug with White Textural Stripes and Striae

2010s Brazilian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Large Cowhide Rug in Sandy Beige-Brown and Cream Tones

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Oversized Abstract Rug with Blue and Silver-Gray Patterns

2010s Brazilian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Large Cowhide Rug in Beige-Brown, Camel and Cream Tones

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Brown with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Rug in all over Beige, Gray and White Abstract Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Custom Ombre Rug in Gray-Beige Gradience

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Abstract Rug with Polychromatic Striae and Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Dragon Scatter Rug in Beige with Orange and Blue Pictorial

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim's Contemporary Diamond Pattern Rug Beige Gold and Blue

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Textural Rug in Tones of Gray

2010s Moroccan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Moroccan Rug in Cream and Beige-Brown with Diamond Medallion

2010s Moroccan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Moroccan Rug in Brown with Black Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Custom Scandinavian Style Rug Design in Blue with Abstract Pattern

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Textural Kilim with White Textural Stripes and Black Accents

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Extra-Long Kilim Runner Rug with White Textural Stripes and Striae

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Mamluk Style Rug with Geometric Floral Patterns in Gray and White

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Kilim Rug with Gray and Blue Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Rug in Blue and Cream, with Stripes and Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Fine Artist Gianni Lee X Rug & Kilim Modern Pictorial Custom Rug

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with Light Blue Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug and Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Beige with High-Low Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Rug with Gold Stripes and Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture