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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Distressed Contemporary Pictorial Rug in Beige-Brown and Green

Modern Furniture

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Distressed Contemporary Pictorial Rug in Beige-Brown and Green

2010s Persian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilims Contemporary Kilim Rug in Beige with Black and Yellow Accents

2010s Persian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim Rug in Beige with Black and Yellow Accents

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Rug in Brown with Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Caucasian-Style Rug in Black with Horseback Rider Pictorials

2010s Persian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim Rug in Beige with Black and Yellow Accents

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Brown Tribal Style Runner Rug with Primitivist Geometric Patterns

2010s Persian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim Rug in Green with Teal and Pink Accents

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Moroccan Style Runner Rug in Orange with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Classics Flatweave Rug in Cream-White with Ikats Patterns

2010s Persian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim Rug in Green with Teal and Pink Accents

2010s Persian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim Rug in Ochre with Beige and Pink Accents

2010s Persian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Rug in Gray and Blue

2010s Persian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim Rug in Pink and Beige Chevrons

2010s Persian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim Rug in Black, Beige and Green Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Abstract Rug in Green, Gray and Blue Patterns

2010s Persian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim Rug in Beige-Brown with Gray Accents

2010s Persian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim Rug in Mustard with Sky Blue Stripes

2010s Persian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim Rug in Red, Green, and White Chevrons

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Abstract Runner Rug in White with Black and Red Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim runner & Hemp Rug in Beige-Brown Stripes

2010s Brazilian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Cowhide Rug in Black and White

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Persian Kerman Style Rug in Black with Vibrant Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Classics Rug In Black With Geometric Patterns “Khatam”

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Dhurrie Rug in Beige and White Stripes

2010s Persian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim Rug in Beige and Black Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Classics Flatweave in Gray with Colorful Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Khotan Style Custom Rug Design in Green with Geometric Patterns

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim's Hand-Knotted Abstract Rug in Beige-Brown, White and Black Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Tribal style Kilim in Blue, Gold, Green Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim in Teal, Grey & Brown Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Blue with Pink and Red Floral Pattern

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Patchwork Kilim in Light Blue Geometric Patterns

2010s Pakistani Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Rug in Blue with Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Moroccan Style Square Rug in White with Colorful Geometric Pattern

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Textural Modern Kilim Rug in Brown with Taupe Geometric Pattern

2010s Moroccan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Moroccan Rug with Beige and Light Blue Stripes in Lush Pile

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Bahaus Style Modern Rug with Beige-Brown Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture