Modern Tapestries
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Tapestries
Wool, Cotton
2010s Indian Modern Tapestries
Cotton
2010s Ecuadorean Modern Tapestries
Bronze, Stainless Steel
2010s Indian Modern Tapestries
Silk
1980s American Vintage Modern Tapestries
Yarn
2010s Italian Modern Tapestries
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Tapestries
Canvas
2010s British Modern Tapestries
Metallic Thread
21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Modern Tapestries
Wool, Silk
1950s French Vintage Modern Tapestries
Wool
21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Modern Tapestries
Wool
2010s French Modern Tapestries
Wool
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Tapestries
Tapestry
2010s Indian Modern Tapestries
Silk
1980s American Vintage Modern Tapestries
Tapestry, Wool
21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Modern Tapestries
Wool
21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Modern Tapestries
Wool, Silk
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Tapestries
Wool, Silk
2010s Peruvian Modern Tapestries
Tapestry
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Tapestries
Wool, Cotton
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tapestries
Silk, Polyester
2010s Indian Modern Tapestries
Wool
2010s Indian Modern Tapestries
Wool
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tapestries
Silk, Polyester
2010s Belgian Modern Tapestries
Linen
Mid-20th Century French Modern Tapestries
Wool
2010s French Modern Tapestries
Wool
2010s American Modern Tapestries
Textile, Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Tapestries
Wool, Silk
2010s British Modern Tapestries
Metallic Thread
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tapestries
Silk, Polyester
1980s American Vintage Modern Tapestries
Yarn
1950s French Vintage Modern Tapestries
Wool
1960s French Vintage Modern Tapestries
Cotton
2010s British Modern Tapestries
Metallic Thread
2010s British Modern Tapestries
Metallic Thread
1650s French Antique Modern Tapestries
Wool
1970s American Vintage Modern Tapestries
Wool, Canvas, Lucite
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tapestries
Silk, Polyester
Late 20th Century French Modern Tapestries
Wool
2010s American Modern Tapestries
Wool
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Tapestries
Wool, Cotton
1950s French Vintage Modern Tapestries
Wool
2010s British Modern Tapestries
Velvet, Ribbon, Plexiglass
1980s American Vintage Modern Tapestries
Yarn
2010s British Modern Tapestries
Cotton, Beads
Late 20th Century Mexican Modern Tapestries
Wool
Late 20th Century American Modern Tapestries
Wool, Cotton, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Modern Tapestries
Wool
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Tapestries
Wool, Cotton
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Tapestries
Cotton
21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Modern Tapestries
Wool
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tapestries
Polyester, Silk
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tapestries
Polyester, Silk
1940s French Vintage Modern Tapestries
Wool
2010s American Modern Tapestries
Wool, Alpaca, Cotton
2010s Indian Modern Tapestries
Silk
21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Modern Tapestries
Wool
2010s Indian Modern Tapestries
Wool
2010s Indian Modern Tapestries
Wool