Zanini Caldas Brazil
Early 2000s Brazilian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Armchairs
2010s Brazilian Armchairs
Steel
2010s Brazilian Stools
Steel
2010s Brazilian Side Chairs
Steel
2010s Brazilian Armchairs
Steel
2010s Brazilian Buffets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Dining Room Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Dining Room Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian More Desk Accessories
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Dining Room Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Benches
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Benches
Hardwood, Reclaimed Wood
2010s Italian Armchairs
Leather, Fabric
2010s Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Wood
2010s Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Wood
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Minimalist Side Tables
Marble, Travertine
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Silk
2010s South African Minimalist Pedestals
Hardwood
2010s French Modern Chairs
Oak
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Armchairs
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Chaise Longues
Leather, Ash
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Velvet, Beech, Fabric, Upholstery
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Wood
2010s Belgian Modern Sofas
Linen
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofas
Metal
2010s Swedish Side Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Textile, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Benches
Fabric, Velvet, Lacquer, Wood
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Vintage 1970s Brazilian Rustic Console Tables
Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sculptures
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Abstract Sculptures
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Decorative Art
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Decorative Art
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sculptures
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sculptures
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sculptures
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sculptures
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sculptures
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sculptures
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sculptures
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sculptures
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sculptures
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Lounge Chairs
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Decorative Art
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sculptures
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Books
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Dining Room Tables
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sculptures
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Armchairs
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Reclaimed Wood
20th Century Brazilian Stools
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sofas
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Stools
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Stools
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Slipper Chairs
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Credenzas
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Benches
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Armchairs
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Stools
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Lounge Chairs
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Organic Modern Settees
Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Wall-mounted Sculptures
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Lounge Chairs
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sculptures
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Armchairs
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Stools
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Benches
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Lounge Chairs
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Organic Modern Benches
Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Dining Room Tables
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Organic Modern Benches
Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Dining Room Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Stools
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Chaise Longues
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Benches
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Lounge Chairs
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Benches
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Organic Modern Coffee and Cockta...
Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Floor Lamps
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On the Origins of brazilian
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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