Brazilian Bookcases
More often than not, vintage mid-century Brazilian furniture designs, with their gleaming wood, soft leathers and inviting shapes, share a sensuous, unique quality that distinguishes them from the more rectilinear output of American and Scandinavian makers of the same era.
Commencing in the 1940s and '50s, a group of architects and designers transformed the local cultural landscape in Brazil, merging the modernist vernacular popular in Europe and the United States with the South American country's traditional techniques and indigenous materials.
Key mid-century influencers on Brazilian furniture design include natives Oscar Niemeyer, Sergio Rodrigues and José Zanine Caldas as well as such European immigrants as Joaquim Tenreiro, Jean Gillon and Jorge Zalszupin. These creators frequently collaborated; for instance, Niemeyer, an internationally acclaimed architect, commissioned many of them to furnish his residential and institutional buildings.
The popularity of Brazilian modern furniture has made household names of these designers and other greats. Their particular brand of modernism is characterized by an émigré point of view (some were Lithuanian, German, Polish, Ukrainian, Portuguese, and Italian), a preference for highly figured indigenous Brazilian woods, a reverence for nature as an inspiration and an atelier or small-production mentality.
Hallmarks of Brazilian mid-century design include smooth, sculptural forms and the use of native woods like rosewood, jacaranda and pequi. The work of designers today exhibits many of the same qualities, though with a marked interest in exploring new materials (witness the Campana Brothers' stuffed-animal chairs) and an emphasis on looking inward rather than to other countries for inspiration.
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2010s Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Bookcases
Wood
2010s Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Bookcases
Wood
2010s Brazilian Bookcases
Teak
2010s Minimalist Brazilian Bookcases
Steel
1960s Vintage Brazilian Bookcases
Jacaranda
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Bookcases
Steel
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Bookcases
Steel
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Bookcases
Steel
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Bookcases
Steel
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Bookcases
Hardwood
1950s Vintage Brazilian Bookcases
Metal, Brass
1960s Vintage Brazilian Bookcases
Jacaranda
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Bookcases
Metal
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Bookcases
Steel
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Bookcases
Stainless Steel
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Bookcases
Stainless Steel
2010s Aesthetic Movement Brazilian Bookcases
Wood
2010s Modern Brazilian Bookcases
Steel
2010s Modern Brazilian Bookcases
Resin
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Bookcases
Wood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Bookcases
Cane, Hardwood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Bookcases
Cork, Hardwood
2010s Modern Brazilian Bookcases
Glass, Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Bookcases
Rosewood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Bookcases
Hardwood, Cane
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Bookcases
Glass, Hardwood
2010s Minimalist Brazilian Bookcases
Steel
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Bookcases
Iron
1960s Vintage Brazilian Bookcases
Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Bookcases
Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Bookcases
Hardwood
2010s Other Brazilian Bookcases
Beads, Natural Fiber, Wood, Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Bookcases
Jacaranda
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Bookcases
Jacaranda, Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Bookcases
Jacaranda
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Bookcases
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Bookcases
Aluminum
2010s Brazilian Bookcases
Glass, Wood
1960s Vintage Brazilian Bookcases
Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Bookcases
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Bookcases
Rosewood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Bookcases
Wood
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