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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Contemporary Distressed Abstract Rug In Beige, Blue and Green

Modern Furniture

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Distressed Abstract Rug In Beige, Blue and Green

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim with Textural Cream, Beige and Blue Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Distressed Style Rug in Blue, Pink, Gold Trellises

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Distressed Style Abstract Runner in Beige-Brown Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Abstract Distressed Graphic Rug With Geometric Pattern

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Runner Kilim, In Black And Beige Tones and Stripes

2010s Brazilian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Textural Extra-Long Runner Rug in Beige-Brown Cream Tones

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Rug in Blue with Polychromatic Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Fine Artist Gianni Lee X Rug Kilim Modern Pictorial Custom Rug

2010s Brazilian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Cowhide Rug in Cream

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim s Hand-Knotted Abstract Rug in Gray, Beige-Brown Painterly Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim s Scandinavian Style Custom Rug Sample in Beige-Brown, Geometric

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Patchwork Kilim Rug in Polychromatic Stripes

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s European Style Custom Rug Sample, Silver-Gray with Floral Patterns

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim Extra-Long Runner Rug, in Gray and Beige

2010s Moroccan Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Moroccan Square Rug with Brown and Blue Geometric Patterns

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Oversized Textural Custom Rug Design, Solid Beige and Cream Striae

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Classics Square Rug, Brown with Pink Medallion “Hendesi”

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Moroccan Style Contemporary Rug in Solid Off-White Shag Pile

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim s Scandinavian Kilim Style Custom Runner, Green, Blue Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Rug In Brown With Geometric Patterns “Imperial Edict”

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Distressed Style Gift-Size Abstract Rug in Gray, White and Black

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Rug with Beige-Brown Abstract Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Moroccan Style Rug Polychromatic Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Tiger Rug in Gold with Orange and Black Pictorial

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Rug Square Rug, Beige and Gray Floral Medallion "Rose"

2010s Chinese Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s European Tudor Flatweave Rug with Floral Patterns and Pictorials

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Moroccan Style Shag Rug in Creamy High-Pile

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Cream with Colorful Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Gradient Rug in Creamy Beige-Brown Ombre Grid and High-Low Texture

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim s Hand-Knotted Contemporary Plain Silk Custom Rug in Beige, Cream

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Moroccan Style Rug in Beige and Brown Geometric Patterns

2010s Moroccan Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Moroccan Style Rug With Brown White and Red Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Textural Rug in White Tones

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture