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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Kilim with Greige and Off-White Stripes

Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim with Greige and Off-White Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Custom Scandinavian Style Rug Design with Blue Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim in Ivory Off white Geometric Patterns

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 with Black, Gray Purple Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Oversized Scandinavian Style Rug in Gray White Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with Beige White Gray Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Runner Rug, Blue and Cream Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Outdoor Rug with Blue Gray Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Cream White Beige with Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Outdoor Rug with White Gray Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with Blue Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Outdoor Rug in Gray White Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with Blue and Cream Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

Mid-20th Century Turkish Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Zabihi Collection Oversize White Gray Vintage Turkish Kilim

Mid-20th Century French Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Beautiful 1960s French Hand Knotted Rug Signed Jacques Borker

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Beige, Brown Gray Geometric Patterns

Mid-20th Century French Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Beautiful Vintage French Cogolin Art Deco Design Rug

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Scandinavian Inspired Geometric Gray Wool Pile Rug

1990s Scandinavian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Danish Ege Axminster Vincent van Gogh "Olive Trees" Wool Rug/Wall Hanging

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Rug in White Open Field, Gray Geometric Borders

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim with Geometric Patterns in Tones of Green

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Oversized Scandinavian Style Rug in Gray White Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim in Blue with Silver Diamond Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim Runner with Blue Diamond Lattice Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Kilim with Geometric Patterns in Dark Blue

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim s Scandinavian Style Kilim Rug in Red Pink, Beige Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim with Patterns in Tones of Red Gold

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs