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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 and Square rug in Gray Geometric Patterns

Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim and Square rug in Gray Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Silk Kilim in Taupe Brown Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Orange and Pink with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with Seafoam Blue Geometric Patterns

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Modern Striped Grey Flat-Weave Wool Rug by Doris Leslie Blau

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Contemporary Light and Dark Gray Flat-Weave Wool Rug by Doris Leslie Blau

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Modern Minimalist Flat-Weave Wool Runner by Doris Leslie Blau

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim in Off-White and Grey Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim in Beige-Brown White Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Beige Gray High-Low Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Cream Blue High-Low Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with Ice Blue and White 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 and Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Beige with High-Low Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Modern Scandinavian Style Rug in Cream and Blue with Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Beige-Brown and Rust Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

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 Rug in Blue and Cream with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Silver-Gray and Beige Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

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 Light Blue with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with Gray and Beige-Brown Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Modern Classics Runner Rug in Cream with Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Beige-Brown and Rust Geometric Pattern

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Geometric Carpet Wool Black Blue Green Circle white Lines Tufted handmade

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs