Brazilian Mounted Objects
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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1990s International Style Brazilian Mounted Objects
Metal, Other
2010s Rustic Brazilian Mounted Objects
Wood
2010s Organic Modern Brazilian Mounted Objects
Amethyst
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Mounted Objects
Wood
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Mounted Objects
Brass
15th Century and Earlier Antique Brazilian Mounted Objects
Tourmaline
15th Century and Earlier Antique Brazilian Mounted Objects
Agate
15th Century and Earlier Antique Brazilian Mounted Objects
Agate
15th Century and Earlier Antique Brazilian Mounted Objects
Agate
15th Century and Earlier Antique Brazilian Mounted Objects
Agate
15th Century and Earlier Tribal Antique Brazilian Mounted Objects
Earthenware
15th Century and Earlier Antique Brazilian Mounted Objects
Agate
15th Century and Earlier Antique Brazilian Mounted Objects
Agate
15th Century and Earlier Antique Brazilian Mounted Objects
Agate
18th Century Organic Modern Antique Brazilian Mounted Objects
Amethyst, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Brazilian Mounted Objects
Amethyst
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Brazilian Mounted Objects
Amethyst, Gold Leaf
Late 20th Century Primitive Brazilian Mounted Objects
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Mounted Objects
Rock Crystal
2010s Brazilian Mounted Objects
Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mounted Objects
15th Century and Earlier Antique Brazilian Mounted Objects
Agate
15th Century and Earlier Antique Brazilian Mounted Objects
Agate
15th Century and Earlier Antique Brazilian Mounted Objects
Agate
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Mounted Objects
Ceramic, Rope
2010s Brazilian Mounted Objects
Agate, Amethyst, Crystal, Rock Crystal
Mid-20th Century Egyptian Revival Brazilian Mounted Objects
Marble, Stone, Brass, Bronze
1990s Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Mounted Objects
Resin
Early 20th Century Vienna Secession Brazilian Mounted Objects
Marble, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Mounted Objects
Amethyst, Stone, Steel
1970s Brutalist Vintage Brazilian Mounted Objects
Amethyst, Metal, Copper
1970s Brutalist Vintage Brazilian Mounted Objects
Brass
1990s Minimalist Brazilian Mounted Objects
Ceramic
2010s Brazilian Mounted Objects
Agate, Amethyst, Crystal, Rock Crystal
Mid-20th Century Rustic Brazilian Mounted Objects
Wood
2010s Brazilian Mounted Objects
Agate, Amethyst, Crystal, Rock Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Mounted Objects
Crystal, Rock Crystal
18th Century Organic Modern Antique Brazilian Mounted Objects
Rock Crystal
15th Century and Earlier Antique Brazilian Mounted Objects
Tourmaline
15th Century and Earlier Antique Brazilian Mounted Objects
Tourmaline
15th Century and Earlier Antique Brazilian Mounted Objects
Agate
15th Century and Earlier Antique Brazilian Mounted Objects
Agate
15th Century and Earlier Antique Brazilian Mounted Objects
Agate
15th Century and Earlier Antique Brazilian Mounted Objects
Other
15th Century and Earlier Antique Brazilian Mounted Objects
Agate
15th Century and Earlier Antique Brazilian Mounted Objects
Agate
15th Century and Earlier Antique Brazilian Mounted Objects
Agate
15th Century and Earlier Antique Brazilian Mounted Objects
Agate