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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Accent Kilim, Gray Field with Beige Textural Stripes

Modern Furniture

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim s Accent Kilim, Gray Field with Beige Textural Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Oushak-Style Rug in Indigo, Brown and Brown Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Transitional Style Rug in Blue, Beige-Brown Floral Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim s Distressed Style Abstract Rug in Beige-Brown Gray Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Textural Rug in Cream and Gray Tones

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Rug in Solid Blue Tone-on-tone Striae

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Kilim rug in Brown Grey Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Rug in Cream, Gray and Blue Abstract Pixelated Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Classics Rug in Polychromatic Paisley All-Over Pattern

2010s Pakistani Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Abstract Rug in Beige and Gray with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Brown, gray-Blue Gold Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Oversized Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Solid Dhurrie Rug in Blue and Green Tones

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Abaca Custom Rug Sample, Black with Beige-Brown Yellow Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Textural Oversized Rug With Striae of Beige

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Patchwork Kilim Runner in Polychromatic Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Rug in Beige with Textural Stripes

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Abstract Rug in Green with Colorful Patterns “Wild Flowers Spring”

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Persian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Beige and Gold Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Gray with Brown Accents

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim x El Gato Gomez Mid-Century Modern Style Runner Rug in Green

2010s Persian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Grey Black Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Textural Rug in Green, Yellow Solid-Stripe Pattern

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Botanical Rug in Multicolor Floral Pattern

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Classic Style Custom Tiger Rug in Orange and Beige-Brown

2010s Moroccan Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Persian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture