Brazilian Dry Bars
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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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dry Bars
Formica, Rosewood
2010s Minimalist Brazilian Dry Bars
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Dry Bars
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Dry Bars
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Dry Bars
Laminate, Lacquer
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Dry Bars
Rosewood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dry Bars
Brass
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dry Bars
Formica, Rosewood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dry Bars
Chrome
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dry Bars
Iron
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dry Bars
Brass
2010s Brazilian Dry Bars
Hardwood, Plywood
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Dry Bars
Cane, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Dry Bars
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Dry Bars
Steel
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Dry Bars
Rosewood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dry Bars
Brass
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dry Bars
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Dry Bars
Metal
2010s Minimalist Brazilian Dry Bars
Brass
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dry Bars
Formica, Rosewood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dry Bars
Rosewood, Formica
2010s Brazilian Dry Bars
Wood, Lacquer
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dry Bars
Brass
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dry Bars
Mirror, Murano Glass, Maple
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dry Bars
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Dry Bars
Mirror, Glass, Mahogany
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dry Bars
Wood
1940s Art Deco Vintage Brazilian Dry Bars
Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Dry Bars
Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dry Bars
Brass
1940s Art Deco Vintage Brazilian Dry Bars
Brass
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dry Bars
Brass
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dry Bars
Laminate, Oak, Burl
Early 20th Century Art Deco Brazilian Dry Bars
Marble
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dry Bars
Leather, Formica, Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Dry Bars
Formica, Plywood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dry Bars
Onyx, Brass
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dry Bars
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Dry Bars
Metal
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Dry Bars
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Dry Bars
Plywood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dry Bars
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Dry Bars
Wood
2010s Brazilian Dry Bars
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dry Bars
Rosewood, Glass
1950s Vintage Brazilian Dry Bars
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