Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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

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

Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Taupe and White with Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Custom Rug in Cream with Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Oversized Scandinavian Style Rug in Peach with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Oversized Scandinavian Style Rug in White with Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Light Green with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Custom Scandinavian Style Rug in Light Blue Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Light Gray, Blue with Geometric Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Oversized Kilim in Multicolor Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Golden-Brown with Geometric Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim Runner in Beige with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim with Gold-Brown Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Blue Beige Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Nepalese Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Custom Rug Design with Open Field

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Blue Brown Geometric Patterns

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Walk in The Garden-Carpet Modern Wool Grey Cream Black Line Drawings

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Beige-Brown and Blue Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with Gold Cream Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Gold with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Blue, Cream Gray Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Blue Brown Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Blue, Beige-Brown Gray Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim with Beige-Brown Gray Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Chartreuse Green with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Oversized Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Beige with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Taupe with Diamond Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Colorful Tones with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim with Taupe Chevrons Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs