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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Distressed Style Modern Rug in Red Gold Abstract Pattern

Modern Furniture

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim s Distressed Style Modern Rug in Red Gold Abstract Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Textural Rug in Tones of Green

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Classic Style Tiger Rug in Red and Orange Pictorial Pattern

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Rug in Polychromatic Ombre Design

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Oversized Contemporary Kilim in Brown and Beige Textural Stripes

2010s Persian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Blue Beige

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Rug in Solid Gray and Beige Tones

2010s Moroccan Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Moroccan Rug in Purple with Art Deco style Geometric Patterns

2010s Persian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Blue and Gray Stripes with Brown Accents

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Patchwork Kilim Runner in Polychromatic Stripes

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Custom Rug Design with Open Field

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Custom Ombre Rug in Gray-Beige Gradience

2010s Persian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Felted Persian Rug in Beige-Brown Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim s Scandinavian Style Kilim Rug in Blue Gray Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim Rug in Beige-Brown Patterns

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Abstract Rug in Blue, with Geometric Patterns “Diamonds Vintage”

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Kilim in Green stripes with Forest Chartreuse accents

2010s Pakistani Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Abstract Rug in Beige with Brown Geometric Patterns

2010s Brazilian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Cowhide Rug in Cream

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim s Contemporary Moroccan Style Rug in Beige and Brown

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Seafoam with Blue Accents

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Rug in Blue with Beige-Brown Floral Patterns

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Extra-Long Runner Rug in Textural Monochrome Brown

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Light Blue with Off-White Accents

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Distressed Pictorial Rug, with Botanical Depictions

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Kilim in Beige Blue Stripes

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim s Hand-Knotted Modern Gradiant Rug in Pink, Beige and Blue Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Pictorial Rug in Sky Blue, with Scenery Depiction

2010s Persian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Contemporary Custom Kilim Design in Beige-Brown and Gray

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Abstract Rug in Silver-Gray and Blue All over Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Abstract Rug in Beige-Brown and Gray

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Patchwork Kilim Rug in Polychromatic Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Indoor/Outdoor Rug with Gray Geometric Pattern

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Patchwork Kilim Rug in Polychromatic Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Scandinavian-Inspired Rug, Purple-Blue with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim’s Modern Text Rug, Green and White Floral Mat

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug Kilim s Scandinavian Style Custom Kilim in Greige Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture