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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Scandinavian Style Custom Rug Design in Green with Medallions

Modern Furniture

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim's Scandinavian Style Custom Rug Design in Green with Medallions

2010s Moroccan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Moroccan Rug in Cream White with Art Deco Style Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Abstract Rug in Beige-Brown, Gray and Red

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim Extra-Long Runner Rug, in Gray and Beige

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Block Print Rug in Gold with Cream Floral Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Distressed Abstract Rug In Blue and Green

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Square Kilim in Ochre, Blue Stripes and Brown Accents

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in All over Blue, Black Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern French Art Deco Style Rug in Orange with Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Oversized Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Beige & Brown Stripes & Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian-Style Rug with Gold & Beige Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Persian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Gold and Blue Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Unshaped Abstract Rug in Gold, Gray and Blue

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Tiger Pictorial Rug in Gray, Rust and Black Tones

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim's Hand-Knotted Modern Gradiant Rug in Pink, Beige and Blue Pattern

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Tiger Rug in Red with Black and Orange Pictorial

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Gray and Blue Textural Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Green Tones with Floral Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim's Distressed Style Runner in Green, Gray & Gold Floral Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

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

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Patchwork Kilim Rug in Polychromatic Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Classic Style Contemporary Rug in Blue-Grey Pictorials

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Patchwork Kilim Runner in Polychromatic Stripes

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Beige and Blue Textural Stripes

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Brown and Cream Stripes & Geometric Patterns

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Custom Kilim Design in White and Black Textural Stripes

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Classic Style Tiger Rug in White and Gray Pictorial Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with Polychromatic Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Dhurrie Rug in Blue & White Cubist Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Abstract Rug in Beige and Gray with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim's Scandinavian Style Kilim Rug in Gray, Off-White Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture