Anna Rabinowitz
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21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Serving Pieces
Agate, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Tableware
Crystal, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Tableware
Agate, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Decorative Bowls
Agate, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Platters and Serveware
Quartz, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Decorative Bowls
Agate, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Decorative Bowls
Quartz, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Platters and Serveware
Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Platters and Serveware
Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Platters and Serveware
Quartz, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Platters and Serveware
Crystal, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Platters and Serveware
Silver
21st Century and Contemporary French Other More Candle Holders
Alabaster, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Platters and Serveware
Quartz, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Bookends
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Religious Items
Alabaster
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Paperweights
Amethyst
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Bookends
Agate, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Tableware
Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Platters and Serveware
Agate
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Tableware
Agate
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Religious Items
Marble, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Religious Items
Marble, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Letter Openers
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Letter Openers
Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Letter Openers
Crystal, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Letter Openers
Alabaster, Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Letter Openers
Alabaster, Silver Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Candlesticks
Crystal, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Platters and Serveware
Agate
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Other Serving Pieces
Rock Crystal, Stainless Steel, Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Bookends
Crystal, Brass, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Tableware
Agate, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Games
Amethyst
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Other Serving Pieces
Marble, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Platters and Serveware
Crystal, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Platters and Serveware
Agate
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Candlesticks
Quartz, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Other Platters and Serveware
Agate, Stainless Steel, Silver
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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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