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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Outdoor Rug with Blue Gray Geometric Pattern

Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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 Outdoor Rug with Blue Gray Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Extra Long Scandinavian Style Runner Rug with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Runner Rug with Light Blue Geometric 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 Scandinavian Style Kilim Rug in Blue Gray Geometric Pattern

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 Beige-Brown with Black and White Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

21st Century and Contemporary Afghan Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug White Flower - Modern Cream Wool Beige Grey Flower Yellow Lines Rustic

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Custom Rug in White with Floral 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 Scandinavian Style Rug with Gray and Beige-Brown Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Wool Modern Hand Knotted Neutral Grey Blue violet with black Lines carpet

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

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 in Rust, White and Mauve Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with Colorful Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Custom Rug in Light Blue with Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

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 Scandinavian Style Rug in Taupe and Cream with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Bouclé-Black/White Handwoven Thick Wool Rug

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Beige and Blue Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs