Brazil Headdress
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Decorative Art
Straw, Glass, Wood
2010s Brazilian Modern Chairs
Steel
2010s Brazilian Arts and Crafts Chairs
Steel
Antique 18th Century Spanish Baroque Paintings
Canvas
2010s Photography
Steel
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Antique Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Taxidermy
Other
Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Bookcases
Spruce
1830s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Oil
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Musical Instruments
Wood, Giltwood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Chairs
Bouclé, Plywood
Vintage 1970s Floor Lamps
Glass
1970s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary French Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mirror
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
2010s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Art Glass, Blown Glass
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Lacquer, Satin
Early 20th Century Italian Greco Roman Busts
Marble, Agate, Lapis Lazuli
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
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Early 20th Century Brazilian Native American Masks
Other
Early 20th Century Brazilian Native American Masks
Other
Early 20th Century Brazilian Native American Masks
Rope, Feathers
Vintage 1940s Brazilian Tribal Art
Feathers
Vintage 1940s Brazilian Tribal Art
Feathers
Vintage 1940s Brazilian Tribal Art
Feathers
Vintage 1940s Brazilian Tribal Art
Feathers
Vintage 1940s Brazilian Tribal Art
Feathers
Vintage 1940s Brazilian Tribal Art
Feathers
Vintage 1940s Brazilian Tribal Art
Feathers
Vintage 1940s Brazilian Tribal Art
Feathers
Early 20th Century Brazilian Native American Masks
Rope, Feathers
Early 20th Century Brazilian Tribal Wall-mounted Sculptures
Cotton, Lucite, Feathers
Early 20th Century Brazilian Tribal Wall-mounted Sculptures
Cotton, Lucite, Feathers
20th Century Brazilian Tribal Tribal Art
Canvas, Natural Fiber, Acrylic, Feathers
Vintage 1970s Brazilian Tribal Art
Vintage 1970s Brazilian Folk Art Tribal Art
Vintage 1970s Brazilian Masks
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On the Origins of Brazil
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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