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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Rug in Black with Orange Art Deco Style

Modern Furniture

2010s Moroccan Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Moroccan Rug in Black with Orange Art Deco Style

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Tribal Kuba Style Rug in Red and Beige Brown Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Green Tones with Floral Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Block Print Rug in Blue with White Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Oushak Style Rug in Gold and Gray with Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim s Contemporary Dhurrie Flatweave, Yellow, Maroon Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim s Scandinavian Style Custom Rug Design in Green with Medallions

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Beige-brown Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Hand-Knotted Contemporary Runner in Two-Tone Green Natural Silk by Rug Kilim

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Tribal style Kilim rug in Multicolor Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Block Print Rug in Brown with Blue Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Moroccan Style Rug in Midnight Blue with Black Geometric Pattern

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Afghan Tribal Kilim Rug in Red with Geometric Striped Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Distressed Style Abstract Rug in Beige, Ochre Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Distressed Swedish Style Rug in Red and Brown Geometric Pattern

2010s Persian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Orange and Gold with Beige-Brown

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Rug in Off White, Black Solid Stripe Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Brazilian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Cowhide Rug in Black and White

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Kilim in Beige Blue Stripes

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 with Geometric Patterns in Tones of Green

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Classics Flatweave in Gray with Colorful Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Runner Rug in Beige-Brown with Black White Stripes

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rugs Kilim s Hand Knotted Contemporary Solid Black Runner Rug

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim s Contemporary Moroccan style rug in Off White Shag Pile

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim s Hand Knotted Geometric Runner Brown Pink and Gold Custom Rug

2010s Persian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim Rug in Beige with Black and Yellow Accents

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Custom Kilim Design in White and Black Textural Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Dhurrie Rug with Beige, Red, Blue Stripes Red Accents

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in White and Gray with Geometric Stripes

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

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

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture