Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
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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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Steel
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Metal, Aluminum
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Metal, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Metal
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Aluminum, Chrome
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Leather, Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Leather, Plastic
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Aluminum
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Aluminum
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Upholstery, Jacaranda
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Leather, Rosewood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Iron
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Leather, Rosewood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Leather, Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Aluminum
Early 20th Century Edwardian Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Linen, Wood
2010s International Style Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Leather
Early 2000s Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Aluminum, Steel
Early 2000s International Style Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Leather, Oak, Walnut
1970s Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Leather, Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Aluminum, Steel
1930s Art Deco Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Leather, Fabric, Velvet, Faux Leather, Wood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Wood
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Plastic
Early 2000s International Style Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Leather, Oak, Walnut
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Leather, Wood
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Leather, Wood
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Aluminum
1930s Renaissance Revival Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Walnut, Leather
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Leather, Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Metal
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Leather, Wood
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Metal, Chrome
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