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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Textural Rug in Greige Tones and Striae

Modern Furniture

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Textural Rug in Greige Tones and Striae

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Textural Rug in Beige-Brown and Umber Stripes and Striae

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Brown with Blue, Beige Geometric Pattern

2010s Chinese Modern Furniture

Rug kilim’s European Flatweave Rug in Beige with Green and Pink Floral Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Mogul Rug Design in Beige-Brown Gold with Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Textural Rug in Dark Blue and Grisailles Stripes and Striae

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Textural Modern Kilim Rug in Brown with Taupe Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Textural Rug in Purple Tones and Polychrome Striae

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim with Patterns in Tones of Blue Gray

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Persian Style Rug with Black, Blue and Purple Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Textural Rug in Beige-Brown and Umber Stripes and Striae

2010s Chinese Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Chinese Art Deco Style Rug, in Beige, with Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with Brown and Gray Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Green and Beige with Geometric Stripes

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 Rug in Gray Beige and White Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with Navy Blue and Brown Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Beige, with Brown and Gold Stripes

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 Rug with Polychromatic Hourglass Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Rug in Beige-Brown Tone-on-Tone Striae

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with Beige and Taupe Diamonds and Stripes

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Abstract Rug in Gold, Orange and Blue Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Abstract Rug in Beige and Gray Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Moroccan Style Rug in Black and White 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 Scandinavian Rug with Teal and Blue Geometric Patterns

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Beige, with Diamond Patterns

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture