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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Moroccan Style Rug in Cream White and Gold Geometric Patterns

Modern Furniture

2010s Pakistani Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Moroccan Style Rug in Black and White Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim s Contemporary Rug in Solid Beige Brown Open Field

2010s Brazilian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Large Cowhide Rug in Beige-Brown and Cream Tones

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Kilim in Beige Rust orange stripes with Taupe accents

2010s Moroccan Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Moroccan Rug in Brown with Black Geometric Patterns

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim s Accent Kilim, Beige with Warm Orange Textural Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Persian-Inspired Rug in Rust, Black Green Floral Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Unshaped Abstract Rug in Gold, Gray and Blue

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Tiger Rug in Gold with Brown and Orange Pictorial

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Custom Scandinavian Style Rug in Red Tones with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Jute kilim in Beige-Brown

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Rug in Blue and Cream, with Stripes and Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Rug in Blue and Cream, with Stripes and Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Rug in Blue and Cream, with Stripes and Geometric Patterns

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Rug in Blue and Cream, with Stripes and Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Classics Rug in Beige-Brown with Floral Abstract Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Abstract Rug in Green with Painterly Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Pink, with Colorful Geometric Pattern

2010s Moroccan Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Moroccan Rug with Polychromatic Diamond Medallions and Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern French Art Deco Rug, with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Moroccan Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Moroccan Rug in Purple and Blue with High-Low Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Oversized Textural Square Rug, Subtle Cream White High-Low Stripes

2010s Persian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim Rug in Ochre with Beige and Pink Accents

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Flatweave Rug in Beige-Brown with Green White Geometric 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 Modern abstract rug in Pink, Gold and Gray Painterly Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Rug In Blue And Cream, With Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian-Inspired Rug, Minimalist Geometric Patterns in Grays

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Art Deco Cream Beige and Brown Wool and Silk Floral Rug

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Rug in Red with Stripes and Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture