Heranca Cultural
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Club Chairs
Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Center Tables
Straw, Hardwood
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2010s American Modern Stools
Leather, Cherry
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Benches
Fabric, Velvet, Lacquer, Wood
Vintage 1970s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Rosewood, Leather, Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Benches
Oak, Walnut
2010s Mexican Organic Modern Center Tables
Oak, Wood, Hardwood
2010s Italian Sofas
Fabric
Antique 1850s German Early Victorian Toys and Dolls
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Bronze
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Leather, Plywood
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Steel
2010s Bosnian Daybeds
Fabric, Beech
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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