$30,520
H 13.98 in W 59.06 in D 26.97 in
Vintage Eleh Bench by Sergio Rodrigues, Rosewood, 1960s, Brazilian Midcentury
By OCA Brazil, Sergio Rodrigues
Located in New York, NY
The Eleh bench is a furniture piece from the 1960s designed by Sergio Rodrigues (1914-2012). Its
Rosewood
Sergio Rodrigues Eleh bench made by OCA Brazil 1965
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Presenting a larger than usual version of the Eleh bench, a distinguished creation by the renowned
Rosewood
Sergio Rodrigues Eleh Jacaronda Coffee Table or Bench, Brazil, 1960s
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sergio Rodrigues Eleh Jacaronda coffee table or bench, Brazil, 1965. "Eleh" model from the "Arcos
Jacaranda
Eleh Side Table / Bench by Sérgio Rodrigues, Circa 1965
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Barra Funda, SP
Originally designed for Bloch Company in 1965 this exquisite bench, that also play as a side board
Metal
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H 14.57 in W 59.06 in D 27.56 in
Small "Eleh" Bench/Coffee Table, Sergio Rodrigues, Brazilian Mid-Century Modern
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
career. The Eleh bench, a small version of which was designed in the 1960s, exemplifies his skillful and
Rosewood
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H 15.75 in W 98.43 in D 27.56 in
Eleh Bench made by Brazilian Hardwood, by Sergio Rodrigues, Mid-Century Modern
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
usage throughout his entire career. The Eleh bench is no exception, a showcase of Rodrigues's prolific
Rosewood
Vintage Eleh Bench/ Coffee Table by Sergio Rodrigues
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Eleh Bench/Coffee Table by Sergio Rodrigues. Rare vintage piece, made in 1965 Please call or use
Jacaranda
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H 14.57 in W 59.06 in D 27.17 in
SERGIO RODRIGUES - 1965 - Eleh bench in Rosewood. Brazilian Modern Furniture
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Curitiba, PR
SERGIO RODRIGUES - 1965 - Eleh bench in Rosewood. Solid legs, chrome-plated metal fittings. Can be
Rosewood
1960s Brazilian Rosewood Eleh Bench by Sergio Rodrigues
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Victoria, BC
collection: the highly sought-after "Eleh" coffee table/bench designed by Sergio Rodrigues for Oca during the
Jacaranda
Sergio Rodrigues “Eleh” Coffee Table Bench
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Victoria, BC
An exceptionally rare and museum-worthy example of Brazilian modernism, this “Eleh” bench by Sergio
Rosewood
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H 14.18 in W 59.06 in D 26.78 in
Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table in Hardwood & Chrome by Sergio Rodrigues, Brazil
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in New York, NY
furniture” (Sergio Rodrigues). Literature (last images) • Vintage publication showcasing the Eleh bench
Brass
Long Eleh Bench by Sergio Rodrigues
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Long Eleh bench by Sergio Rodrigues in beautifully grained jacaranda wood Please use the contact
Jacaranda
Sergio Rodrigues Rosewood Eleh Bench
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in LAGUNA BEACH, CA
Sergio Rodrigues Eleh bench from the Arcos series circa 1965. Provenance: Former Governor John
Rosewood
ELEH Museum Bench by Sergio Rodriguez
Located in London, London
ELEH Museum Bench by Sergio Rodriguez Sergio Rodrigues (1927-) Brazil
Wood
ELEH Museum Bench by Sergio Rodrigues
Located in London, London
ELEH Museum Bench by Sergio Rodrigues Sergio Rodrigues (1927-) Brazil
Wood
Vintage Eleh Bench/ Coffee Table by Sergio Rodrigues
Located in New York, NY
Eleh Bench/Coffee Table by Sergio Rodrigues. Rare vintage piece, made in 1965.
1960s Sergio Mazza 'Demi Clio' Wall or Ceiling Lamp for Artemide
By Artemide, Sergio Mazza
Located in Glendale, CA
1960s Sergio Mazza 'Demi Clio' wall or ceiling lamp for Artemide. Executed in nickeled brass and opaline glass, Italy, circa 1960s. Clean and architectural, these hardwired lamps emi...
Nickel, Brass
Mae Solid Wood Nightstand and Side Table by Crump and Kwash
By Crump and Kwash
Located in Baltimore City, MD
Mae Nightstand Solid wood frame / hand turned legs / hand rubbed oil finish / solid brass pulls / dovetailed solid wood drawer boxes / premium, full extension, soft close drawer ...
Maple, Oak, Walnut
$6,498 / item
H 30.71 in W 58.27 in D 14.97 in
Travertine Console Table inspired by Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Amsterdam, Holland
This minimalist table is crafted from a single material, featuring a softly curved-edge top that rests elegantly on four cylindrical columns, creating a sculptural and architectural ...
Travertine
$16,800 / set
H 28.35 in W 37.8 in D 36.23 in
Percival Lafer “MP-41” Armchairs for Lafer MP, 1972, Set of 2
By Percival Lafer
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Percival Lafer “MP-41” armchairs for Lafer MP, wood and cognac leather, Brazil, 1972 The “MP-41” armchairs by Percival Lafer embrace fluidity with a structure that appears weightles...
Leather, Wood
$34,323
H 27.96 in W 96.46 in D 27.96 in
Charlotte Perriand Brasil dining table produced by Sentou, France, 1970s
By Robert Sentou, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
Large Solid Mahogany Table, Brazil Model, Designed by Charlotte Perriand, Produced by Sentou, in the 1970s This large geometric table features a substantial tabletop supported by fo...
Wood
Trio No 3 Travertine Side Table
By Kiwano Concept
Located in Eindhoven, NB
Elevate your interiors with the TRIO № III beige travertine side table, featuring a smooth square oval top supported by three sculptural cylinder bases. Crafted from solid natural tr...
Travertine
$12,149 / item
H 33.47 in W 59.06 in D 33.08 in
Custom Made Sheepskin Love Seat Sofa by Alfred Christensen
By Alfred Christensen
Located in London, England
A custom-made new edition of this classic love-seat sofa by Danish designer and cabinetmaker: Alfred Christensen. This re-edition is produced under license in Sweden by Dagmar and av...
Sheepskin, Fabric, Mohair, Bouclé, Velvet, Oak, Walnut
Beachcomber Bar Stool in Walnut
By Greg Mitchell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Light and strong, the Beachcomber bar stool evokes the sight of an old wooden monohull; it's lean, sturdy mast together with the rigging worthy of the high seas. Constructed of hand ...
Oak, Walnut
$1,800 / item
H 26 in W 18 in D 18 in
Bertu Counter Stool, Cicely Modern Sheepskin Counter Stool, White Oak
By Bertu Furniture
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Bertu Counter Stool, Cicely Modern Sheepskin Counter Stool, White Oak This Modern Cicely Counter Stool with Sheepskin Seat is beautifully constructed from solid white oak in Ohio, ...
Sheepskin, Wood, Oak
Fumed Oak Round Top Foundation Side Table / Stool
Located in Portland, OR
Solid wood stool / side table in fumed white oak with round top. The fuming process reacts with the tannins in the wood and results in a color through, rich amber tone. With a clean ...
Oak
$6,516 / item
H 18 in W 94.5 in D 16.5 in
Mountains Cedar Bench, Designed by Hsiao-Ching Wang, Made in Italy
By Hsiao Chin
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Scroll down and click "view all from Seller" to see more than 400 other unique products. (1.8) Bench made from a single block of scented cedar. Unique wavy and sinuous movement that...
Cedar
$14,700 / set
H 26.78 in Dm 14.57 in
Pierre Jeanneret PJ-SI-21-A Pair of High Stools / Authentic Mid-Century Modern
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Zürich, CH
These items are raw and sturdy. Their rugged textures and bold lines define that radical character. Their presence is uncompromising and captivating. Sculptural qualities define the...
Cane, Teak
T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Sofa, Walnut, Canvas, Velvet, USA, 1950s
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Widdicomb Furniture Co.
Located in High Point, NC
A walnut, beige canvas webbing and brown velvet sofa designed by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings and produced by Widdicomb Furniture Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, 1950s. 16” seat hei...
Canvas, Velvet, Walnut
$6,450 / set
H 32.88 in W 78.75 in D 63.19 in
Scandinavian Modern Dining Room Set with Table, Bench, Set of Chairs
By Rainer Daumiller
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Dining room set consisting of a dining table, bench, and pair of chairs, solid beech, Scandinavia, 1980s This expansive dining room set is a rare find, distinguished by its exceptio...
Beech
$4,950
H 69.69 in W 24.22 in D 5.91 in
Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall-Mounted Mirror with Shelf in Teak
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Wall-mounted mirror with shelf, teak, mirrored glass, Italy, 1950s An exemplar of mid-century modern design, this sleek, wall-mounted mirror epitomizes finesse and the inimitable ch...
Mirror, Teak
$1,890 / set
H 21.66 in W 24.02 in D 35.83 in
Pair of Italian Mid-Century-Modern Lounge Chairs in Ochre Boucle, 1970s Italy
Located in Zagreb, HR
Pair of Vintage Italian Mid-Century Modern lounge chairs or club chairs. Modules can be used as a modular sofa or modular seating set. Beautiful and unique shape. A 1970 design and p...
Bouclé, Foam, Wood
The prolific architect and designer Sergio Rodrigues is often called the "father of modern Brazilian design," but it is the second adjective in that phrase that deserves emphasis: Rodrigues’s great achievement was to create furniture in a style that captured the spirit, character and personality of his country.
Modernity came slowly to 20th-century Brazil, politically and culturally. The nation finally realized genuine constitutional democracy in 1945, ushering in a new, progressive era in the arts. More often than not, the luxurious furnishings of that time and place, with their gleaming wood, soft leathers and inviting shapes, share a sensuous, uniquely Brazilian quality that distinguishes them from the more rectilinear output of American mid-century modernists and Scandinavian makers of the same era. Until that time in Brazil, heavy furniture based on historical European models had been the norm.
In the late 1940s, designer Joaquim Tenreiro introduced sleek, minimalist chairs and cabinets; José Zanine Caldas, now best known for his later artisanal work, created plywood furnishings for mass production; the Italian architect Lina Bo Bardi, a former editor for the Gio Ponti-founded magazine Domus — and a furniture designer with talent, imagination and a social conscience — set up shop in São Paulo, designing elegant, flexible chairs set on slim metal frames.
This was the heady scene into which Rodrigues, the son of an artistically prominent Rio de Janeiro family, arrived after graduating in 1952 from the national university. He moved to Curitiba and helped establish the furniture manufacturer Móveis Artesanal with Italian designer Carlo Hauner and Austrian architect Martin Eisler — as well as Carlo’s brother Ernesto Hauner — which eventually rebranded as Forma. Later, Rodrigues relocated to Rio de Janeiro where he founded Oca in 1955, a company that would become the preeminent maker and retailer of modernist furniture in Brazil.
When architects Lúcio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer were tasked in 1956 with the whirlwind project to plan, design and build the new capital, Brasília, in five years, they used Rodrigues’s early chairs, with their softly-contoured lines and caned seats and backrests, to furnish many of the buildings.
Rodrigues would realize the true expression of his talents in — and garner international awards and acclaim with — his Mole chair of 1957. The word mole means "soft" in Portuguese, but can be interpreted as "easygoing" or even "listless." The chair, which is also known as the Sheriff chair, features a sturdy, generously proportioned frame of the native South American hardwood jacaranda, upholstered with overstuffed leather pads that flap like saddlebags across the arms, seat, and backrest.
Rodrigues's Mole chair invites sprawling — perfect for the social milieu of the bossa nova and caipirinha cocktails; where a languorous afternoon spent chatting and joking is the apex of enjoyment. The seat won first prize at the IV Concorso Internazionale del Mobile in Cantù, Italy, in 1961, and ISA Bergamo acquired the rights to manufacture a modified version of Rodrigues’s original design.
In 1963, Rodrigues established a shop called Meia-Pataca, which sold simpler and more affordable furniture he had designed, such as his Tonico seating, which was intended for student housing.
Most of the estimated 1,200 armchairs, sofas, tables, storage cabinets and dining tables Rodrigues created in his long career are imbued, in one way or another, with the air of robust relaxation that defines the Mole chair. He was a designer who was true to the temperament of his people.
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