Brazilian Furniture
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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21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Furniture
Crystal, Quartz, Other
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Leather, Paint
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Fabric
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Furniture
Iron
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Steel
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Metal, Other
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Quartz, Metal
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Metal, Other
2010s Minimalist Brazilian Furniture
Brass
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Quartz, Metal
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Brazilian Furniture
Hardwood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Furniture
Glass, Wood, Plywood
2010s Brazilian Furniture
Agate, Amethyst, Crystal, Rock Crystal
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Furniture
Glass, Hardwood
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Steel
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Furniture
Fabric, Wood
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Steel
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Furniture
Wool
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Wood
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Steel
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Furniture
Leather
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Metal
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Steel
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Metal
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Leather, Wood
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Steel
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Leather
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Wood, Fabric
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Metal
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Wood
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Leather, Glass
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Metal
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Stone
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Steel
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Metal
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Glass, Wood
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Wood, Leather
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Furniture
Metal
2010s Brazilian Furniture
Agate, Amethyst, Crystal, Rock Crystal
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Furniture
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Furniture
Fabric, Nylon, Hardwood
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Furniture
Metal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Furniture
Ceramic, Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Furniture
Opaline Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Furniture
Crystal, Quartz, Other
2010s Brazilian Furniture
Rock Crystal
Late 20th Century Organic Modern Brazilian Furniture
Natural Fiber
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Brazilian Furniture
Hardwood
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Furniture
Natural Fiber
2010s Brazilian Furniture
Agate, Amethyst, Crystal, Rock Crystal
2010s Brazilian Furniture
Agate, Amethyst, Crystal, Rock Crystal
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Wood
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Wood
2010s Brazilian Furniture
Agate, Amethyst, Crystal, Rock Crystal
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Furniture
Wood
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Leather