Contemporary furniture is usually simple in shape and detail. Finishes, palettes, and materials might vary. But overall silhouettes are usually more significant than individual detail, which is kept at a minimum. That's why contemporary pieces don't fight with one another. Easy to mix.
Contemporary pieces are usually easy mixers.
A black leather and steel lounge chair works with a 19th-century veneered Biedermeier cabinet because the former is so sleek in line and understated in form. Traditional Turf Historical influences. Furniture styles that are based on historic design models and that are not contemporary fall under the broad umbrella of traditional. Traditional furnishings can hail from England in the 18th century, the French countryside, or even the exotic lands of the East. In silhouette, material, and detail, traditional pieces in many ways are familiar to us even though they evoke distant lands.