Modern Furniture

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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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

Creator: Rug Kilim

Rug Kilim s Distressed Style Modern Rug in Red Gold Abstract Pattern

Modern Furniture

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim s Distressed Style Modern Rug in Red Gold Abstract Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Rug with Taupe Open Field and Silver-Gray Border

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Persian Style Rug in Blue with Colorful Tree of Life

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Abstract Minimalist Rug, “Sunrise in Cappadocia”

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim s Contemporary Geometric Pomegranate and Gold Silk Rug

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Textural Kilim Rug in Cream and White High-Low Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary runner in Black, Blue White Trellis Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Distressed Tiger Rug in Green with Beige and Black Pictorial

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Custom Rug in Pink with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Impressionist Style Abstract Rug in Beige-Brown Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Jute Kilim in Tones of Gray

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Pictorial Art Rug in Blue with Fish Illustrations

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Beige and Blue Textural Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Textural Square Rug in Silver-Gray Tones

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Moroccan Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Moroccan Rug in Solid Brown High-Pile Shag

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Tiger Skin Rug in Blue with Orange and Beige-Brown Pictorial

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Chinese Art Deco-Inspired Rug, Gold with Serene Pictorial “Breeze”

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Persian Style Rug in Red, Gold, and Black with Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Tiger Pictorial Rug Design in Burnt Orange and Blue

2010s Brazilian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Cowhide Rug in Black and White

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with Gold Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Distressed Dragon Rug in Blue, Gold and Red Pictorial Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Persian Style Rug in Beige with Polychromatic Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Rug With Beige-Brown Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Persian Bidjar Style Rug in Black with Polychromatic Florals

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Persian Style Rug in Lavender with Brown and Gold Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Persian Style Runner Rug in Sky Blue with Multicolor Florals

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Gradient Rug in Yellow and Black Ombre Grid and High-Low Texture

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim in Teal, Grey Brown Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim s Oushak Style Square Rug in Blue and Beige with Florals

2010s Indian Modern Furniture