Sergio Rodrigues Eleh bench made by OCA Brazil 1965
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
The Eleh bench by Sergio Rodrigues is more than just furniture; it's a piece of design history.
Rosewood
Vintage Eleh Bench by Sergio Rodrigues, Rosewood, 1960s, Brazilian Midcentury
By Sergio Rodrigues, OCA Brazil
Located in New York, NY
The Eleh bench is a furniture piece from the 1960s designed by Sergio Rodrigues (1914-2012).
Rosewood
Brazilian Midcentury - Sergio Rodrigues, Oca - Eleh Bench or Coffee Table, 1960s
By OCA Brazil, Sergio Rodrigues
Located in São Paulo, SP
Rare “Eleh” bench / coffee table designed by Sergio Rodrigues in 1965 and produced by OCA, Brazil.
Metal
$21,600Sale Price|25% Off
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.
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 has time patina waiting for the customers definition on how the restoration work sh...
Metal
Sold
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.
Rosewood
Sold
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 São Paulo, SP
In conclusion, the Eleh bench is a masterpiece of design that showcases Sergio Rodrigues' ingenuity and creativity.
Rosewood
Sold
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 São Paulo, SP
The Eleh bench is no exception, a showcase of Rodrigues's prolific ability to apply this type of tropical wood in different ways, always extremely original and creative.
Rosewood
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 Rodrigues is one of the most elusive and architecturally significant pieces from h...
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 the contact dealer link below to reach us directly with any questions regarding th...
Jacaranda
1960s Brazilian Rosewood Eleh Bench by Sergio Rodrigues
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Victoria, BC
We are excited to introduce the newest addition to our esteemed vintage Brazilian furniture collection: the highly sought-after "Eleh" coffee table/bench designed by Sergio Rodrigues...
Jacaranda
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 dealer link below to reach us directly with any questions regarding this item.
Jacaranda
Sergio Rodrigues Rosewood Eleh Bench
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in LAGUNA BEACH, CA
Sergio Rodrigues Eleh bench from the Arcos series circa 1965.
Rosewood
ELEH Museum Bench by Sergio Rodrigues
Located in London, London
ELEH Museum Bench by Sergio Rodrigues Sergio Rodrigues (1927-) Brazil Architect & Designer Sergio Rodrigues became a great furniture designer, to the point of receiving an e...
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.
$46,000
H 11.82 in W 113 in D 23.63 in
Vintage Mucki Bench in Rosewood by Sergio Rodrigues, 1958, Brazilian Midcentury
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in New York, NY
Designed in 1958 by Sergio Rodrigues (1927-2014) and manufactured by Oca, the Mucki bench is an incredible and versatile piece – ideal for different kinds of ambiances, indoor and ou...
Hardwood
$46,187
H 11.82 in W 118.12 in D 31.5 in
Rare Vintage Mucki Bench in Rosewood by Sergio Rodrigues, 1958, 80cm depth
By Oca
Located in Knokke-Heist, BE
Crafted by Sergio Rodrigues (1927-2014) in 1958 and produced by Oca, the Mucki bench is a versatile and remarkable piece suitable for various settings, both indoors and outdoors. Th...
Rosewood
1960s Brazilian Modern Coffee Table by Móveis Cimo, Rosewood & Marble
By Moveis Cimo
Located in New York, NY
This refined coffee table, produced in Brazil by Cimo in the late 1950s to early 1960s, exemplifies the architectural language that defined Brazilian modernism during its most influe...
Marble, Brass
Greta Magnusson-Grossman, Bench, Walnut, USA, 1950s
By Greta Magnusson Grossman
Located in High Point, NC
A walnut bench designed by Greta Magnusson-Grossman and produced by Glenn of California, USA, c. 1950s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 11.0"H x 65.1"W x 18.25"D All items ship from H...
Wood, Walnut
Modern Craft Associates Walnut Bench
By Laura Trenchard, Craft Associates
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Designer: Laura Trenchard Manufacturer: Craft Associates Furniture Period/Model: Mid-Century Modern Specs: Walnut This Modern Craft Associates Furniture walnut bench is exper...
Walnut
Brazilian Designer, Coffee Table, Wood, Marble, Brazil, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A wood and marble coffee table designed and produced in Brazil, c. 1960s. Wear consistent with age and use. Overall Dimensions (inches): 15.85"H x 43.15"W x 20.0"D All items ship ...
Marble
$4,299
H 14.38 in W 44.49 in D 18.31 in
Wooden coffee table from the 1940s in the style of Maison Dominique
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
1940s coffee table, Maison Dominique style. Wood veneer frame, solid brass legs. Simple and elegant design. Good vintage condition, despite some signs of wear, chips in the veneer, a...
Wood
Giovanni Michelucci “Torbecchia” Solid Walnut Bench, 1960s
By Giovanni Michelucci, Poltronova
Located in Dronten, NL
A sculptural and profoundly architectural piece, this “Torbecchia” bench by Giovanni Michelucci exemplifies the masterful balance between craftsmanship and modernist form that define...
Walnut
Brazilian Designer, Coffee Table, Wood, Brazil, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A wood coffee table designed and produced in Brazil, c. 1950s. Very light scratching on top surface and two small chips of wood loss on top as well. Dimensions: 14” H x 35” W x 34....
Wood
Brazilian Designer, Bench, Wood, Brazil, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A wood bench designed and produced in Brazil, c. 1950s. Wear consistent with age and use. Overall Dimensions (inches): 12.7"H x 65.125"W x 23.5"D All items ship from High Point, N...
Wood
$4,415
H 13.78 in W 39.38 in D 39.38 in
Mid-Century Brazilian Coffee Table Attributed to Sergio Rodrigues, 1960
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Antwerp, Antwerp
A beautiful low Brazilian coffee table in Brazilian jacaranda/rosewood veneer. This table dates to the 1960's and is attributed to Sergio Rodrigues due to its typical matching design...
Wood
$3,360Sale Price|20% Off
H 17.75 in W 41.74 in D 41.74 in
Mid-Century Brazilian Rosewood and Glass Coffee Table, 1960s
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Miami, FL
Handcrafted Brazilian Jacaranda Rosewood stacked base coffee table with 3/4” pencil polish glass top circa 1960s.
Glass, Jacaranda
Bench by Anonymous, Mid-Century Modern Brazilian, 1960s
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Architectural and elemental, this bench exemplifies the dialogue between structure and material that characterizes Brazilian modern design. Crafted in jacarandá rosewood with taut le...
Leather, Rosewood
$3,500
H 13.78 in W 40.56 in D 20.08 in
Mid-Century Modern Wood Center Table by Sergio Rodrigues, Brazil, 1960s
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Deerfield Beach, FL
Mid-Century Modern wood center table by Sergio Rodrigues, Brazil, 1960s Center table created in the 1960s by the acclaimed Brazilian designer Sergio Rodrigues. This piece's t-base i...
Plywood, Hardwood
Brazilian Designer, Bench, Wood, Brazil, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A wood bench designed and produced in Brazil, c. 1960s. Wear consistent with age and use. Overall Dimensions (inches): 17.75"H x 79.0"W x 13.5"D Seat Height (inches): 17.75" All ...
Wood
Outdoors bench, attributed to Jorge Zalszupin. Brazil, 1960s.
By Jorge Zalszupin
Located in Barcelona, ES
Outdoors bench, probably designed by Jorge Zalszupin and produced by l’Atelier in 1960s, made of fiber glass and plastic. The bench is perfect for outdoor garden area, with two seats...
Fabric, Fiberglass
$27,886 / set
H 29.93 in W 25.6 in D 25.6 in
Very Rare Pair of Leather and steel Lounge Chairs by Paul Geoffroy for Uginox
By Paul Geoffroy, Uginox
Located in Echt, NL
Iconic pair of lounge chairs in excellent condition. Deigned by Paul Geoffroy and manufactured by Uginox in the 1970s in France. Striking design composed of curved stainless steel ...
Steel, Stainless Steel
$65,000
H 15.25 in W 69.5 in D 31 in
George Nakashima, Freeform Coffee Table, English Walnut, Studio USA 1971
By George Nakashima Studio, George Nakashima
Located in High Point, NC
A unique and sizable coffee / cocktail table in the "sled-shape" style. Produced by Nakashima Studio, New Hope, Pennsylvania, United States. Dated 1971 Executed in English Walnut...
Walnut
$900 / item
H 38.59 in W 17.72 in D 20.08 in
Simonini Designer Bar Stool, Solid Wood, Customizable Height, Modern
By SIMONINI
Located in Vila Cordeiro, São Paulo
A study in proportion, softness, and structural grace. The Wing Collection is born from the pursuit of equilibrium, balancing structure and lightness, geometry and comfort, precisio...
Textile, Cane, Wood, Hardwood, Leather, Faux Leather
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
Wrought Iron Martini Table, Small
Located in London, GB
A wrought iron martini table, hand made in England inspired by a 1940s original design. Shown here finished with a natural bronze patina. Available in bronze or black finishes. Dim...
Wrought Iron
$592 / item
H 23.5 in W 23.5 in D 2 in
Set of 2 Brutalist Whitewashed Reclaimed Wood Collage Tiles by Peter Glassford
By Peter Glassford
Located in San Antonio, TX
A sculptural White wash collage tiles part of the Brutal Nature collection by Peter Glassford, handcrafted from reclaimed wood fragments and assembled into a richly textured, one-of-...
Wood
Organic Modern Table Lamp Sculptural Parota Wood Base
By Isabel Moncada
Located in San Antonio, TX
Pata de Elefante Small Table Lamp — Atomic Collection by Isabel Moncada Named ""Elephant's Foot"" for its bold, bulbous base, the Pata de Elefante Small is one of Isabel Moncada's m...
Wood, Fabric, Linen, Fiberglass
'Floatation' Japanese Paper Suspension Lamp for Ingo Maurer
By Ingo Maurer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
'Floatation' Japanese paper suspension lamp for Ingo Maurer. Designed and produced by Ingo Maurer, one of the most celebrated German lighting icons since 1966. With imagination, cre...
Metal, Iron
$58,500
H 14.25 in W 66.75 in D 28 in
George Nakashima, Coffee Table, American Black Walnut, New Hope, USA, 1982
By George Nakashima, George Nakashima Studio
Located in High Point, NC
An American black walnut coffee table designed by George Nakashima and produced by Nakashima Studio, New Hope, Pennsylvania, United States, 1982.
Walnut
$4,250 / set
H 15.75 in W 5 in D 3 in
Brass and Murano Glass Sconces, Mid-Century Modern Style, Italy, New Design
Located in Austin, TX
Petite sconces from Murano, Italy made with smoked glass stamped into a lovely curved shape with texture. The brass structure has been newly wired to fit US standards. This pair is...
Brass
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
Gino Sarfatti Model No. 2065 Ceiling Light for Astep
By Flos, Gino Sarfatti, Astep
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gino Sarfatti model no. 2065 ceiling lamp for Astep. Designed in 1950, this is an authorized re-edition by Alessandro Sarfatti, grandson of Gino Sarfatti, who applies his grandfathe...
Aluminum
$12,200 / item
H 43.31 in W 17.72 in D 35.44 in
Contemporary Mexican Design Handcrafted Wood Cabinet Carmen, Mirror
By Comité de Proyectos
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Carmen is a bartender, a storage cabinet with a functional design. Inside, it has a pair of drawers for storing objects, space for bottles, compartments for glasses and a cup holder...
Steel
Jorge Zalszupin Carrinho de Chá Rosewood Bar Cart Trolley
By Jorge Zalszupin
Located in Oakland, CA
Jorge Zalszupin Carrinho de Chá bar cart crafted of Jacaranda Rosewood with solid brass wheels and carved removable tray. Measurements 19.66''W x 44.25"D x 27.25''H Bottom shel...
Brass
$14,000 / 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
$1,850 / item
H 33 in W 18.5 in D 19 in
Bertu Counter Stools, White Oak Counter Stool, Arms, Chile Stool
By Bertu Furniture
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
This White Oak Chile Counter Stool is beautifully constructed from solid wood in Ohio, USA. The stool is chunky and modern with a comfortable cushion in the thick weave fabric color ...
Oak
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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