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
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
Brazilian Midcentury - Sergio Rodrigues, Oca - Eleh Bench or Coffee Table, 1960s
By Sergio Rodrigues, OCA Brazil
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
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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
Recently restored by one of our best craftsmen, the Eleh bench has retained its original allure and appeal.
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
Sergio Rodrigues is known as the master of Brazilian hardwood, a material that he has perfected usage throughout his entire career. The Eleh bench is no exception, a showcase of Rodr...
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
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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.
Rosewood
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
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
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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
Literature (last images) • Vintage publication showcasing the Eleh bench in the Palacio of Planalto in Brasilia • Oca’s manufacture manual showcasing the “Eleh” model • Sergio Ro...
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 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. Provenance: Former Governor John Connally, Floresville, TX Hart Galleries, 22 January 1988, Houston Private Collection ...
Rosewood
ELEH Museum Bench by Sergio Rodriguez
Located in London, London
ELEH Museum Bench by Sergio Rodriguez Sergio Rodrigues (1927-) Brazil Architect & Designer Sergio Rodrigues became a great furniture designer, to the point of receiving an e...
Wood
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.
$1,867 / 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
$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
$3,500 / item
H 30.71 in W 39.38 in D 28.75 in
The Laziness Armchair in Brazilian Solid Wood with a rocking footstool
By Amilcar Oliveira
Located in São Paulo, SP
Laziness is a laid-back and spacious rocking armchair, crafted for sitting/lying down and unwinding. The low seat height from the ground draws inspiration from Japanese rocking chair...
Velvet, Foam, Wood, Hardwood
$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
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
$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
$26,400Sale Price|20% Off
H 80 in W 64 in D 81 in
Fine Sculpted Queen Bed Portuguese 17th/18th C. Jacaranda Wood torsade Posts
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Fine Sculpted Queen Bed Portuguese 17th/18th C. Jacaranda Wood torsade Posts , detailed with a Outstanding Torsade Posts Dimensions: Height” 80” Depth 81” Width: 64” More queen , ...
Wood, Jacaranda
$6,418 / 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
$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
Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Hardwood round coffee table 1960's
By Sergio Rodrigues, Percival Lafer, Jorge Zalszupin
Located in Den Haag, NL
Brazilian hardwood round coffee table 1960's made by unknown designer (in research) The table still has some original 1950's brazilian stamps and moving notes on the back. Please n...
Hardwood
$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
Willy Guhl Planter, 1960s
By Willy Guhl
Located in Čelinac, BA
Concrite planter by swiss architect Willy Guhl 1960s.
Concrete
$28,500
H 32 in W 24.5 in D 40.5 in
José Zanine Caldas, Lounge Chair, Imbuia Plywood, Leather, Brazil, 1950s
By José Zanine Caldas, Mòveis Artisticos Z
Located in High Point, NC
A lounge chair designed by José Zanine Caldas for Mòveis Artísticos Z, Brazil, in 1949. It features Imbuia plywood, brass, and black-dyed leather webbing. Wood frame presents with l...
Leather, Imbuia
Italian Designer, Console Table, Teak, Italy, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A teak console table designed and produced in Italy, c. 1950s. With original patina present such as scratches and staining. Dimensions: 34.4” H x 33.6” W x 13” D
Teak
Celina Decorações, Coffee Table, Wood, Marble, Brazil, 1960s
By Celina Decoracoes
Located in High Point, NC
A wood and marble coffee table produced by Celina Decorações, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, c. 1960s. Dimensions: 12” H x 60” W x 32” D All items ship from High Point, North Carolina.
Marble
$15,995 / set
H 32.75 in W 35 in D 41 in
Brazilian Jangada Rosewood & Leather Sling Chair with Ottoman by Jean Gillon
By Jean Gillon, Percival Lafer, Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Anchored in the bold horizons of 1960s Brazilian modernism, the Jangada lounge chair and ottoman by Jean Gillon stands as a testament to artful craftsmanship, organic structure, and ...
Leather, Rosewood
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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