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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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

Modern Furniture

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Cream White Beige with Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Abstract Runner in Beige with Red and Pink Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim Runner Rug in Beige with Orange Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Brazilian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Extra Large Cowhide Rug in Beige, White and Cream Tones

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Oversized Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Beige Brown Stripes Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Runner Rug In Brown with Black White Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Chinese Art Deco Style Runner in Black with Colorful Florals

2010s Brazilian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Flat Weave Runner Rug in Polychrome Plaid Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Kilim Rug in Rich Aubergine, with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Moroccan Style Runner Rug in Beige with Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Custom Kilim with Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim Scandinavian Style Rug in Gold with Gray Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Classics Rug in Gold Crimson Traditional Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim with Patterns in Tones of Red Gold

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim Rug in Polychromatic Patterns

2010s Persian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Beige and Gold Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Oversized Contemporary Abstract Rug in Gray and Beige-Brown Tones

2010s Brazilian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Cowhide Rug in Black and White

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Flatweave Rug in Beige with Brown, Gray Green Geometric Pattern

2010s Brazilian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Extra Large Cowhide Rug in Beige, White and Cream Tones

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Ombre Rug in Pink and Chartreuse Tones

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Orange and Pink with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Persian Style Oushak Rug in Blue and Cream with Floral Patterns

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Oversized Agra Style Rug in Red, Gold, and Green Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim s Handknotted Modern Abstract Rug in Pink, Gold and Brown

2010s Pakistani Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Classic Style Tiger-Skin Rug with Orange and Brown Pictorial

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with Black, Gray Purple Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim x Jenn Ski Blue Mid-Century Modern Style Rug with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim s Contemporary Geometric Green and Blue Wool Rug

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Oversized Textural Rug in Forest Green Tones Striae

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Rug in Pink and Red Striae

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Moroccan Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Moroccan Rug in Cream White with Beige Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture