Percival Brazilian Chairs

Mp 97 Lounge Chair

Brazil Furniture 1970s

Made In Brazil

Percival Lafer For Moveis Lafer

Sergio Rodrigues Leather Chair

1970s Foam Lounge Chairs

Materials

Metal

$15,400

Percival Lafer 'MP 87' Lounge Chair in Beige Suede

Located in Waalwijk, NL

Percival Lafer, lounge chair, model ‘MP-87’, leather, chrome-plated steel, rope, Brazil, 1971 The MP-87 lounge piece is conceived by Brazilian designer Percival Lafer in the 1970s.

Category

Vintage 1970s Brazilian Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel, Chrome

$2,968Sale Price|20% Off

MP93 Lounge Chair by Percival Lafer, 1970s

Located in Nagykovácsi, Central Hungary

Original MP93 lounge chair designed by Percival Lafer in Brazil, around 1972.

Category

Vintage 1970s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Materials

Stainless Steel

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H 33 in W 32 in D 34 in

Brazilian Rosewood Lounge Chair by Percival Lafer

By Percival Lafer

Located in Houston, TX

Percival Lafer Rosewood lounge chair with leather strapping. Chair has been reupholstered in a heavy weight grey linen fabric. On leather strap in the back has been replaced and is a...

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Vintage 1970s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Percival Lafer MP1 lounge chairs Brazil 1961

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H 28.75 in W 28.75 in D 27.56 in

Percival Lafer MP1 lounge chairs Brazil 1961

By Percival Lafer

Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant

Rare lounge chairs designed by Percival Lafer and manufactured by Lafer MP, Brazil 1961.

Category

Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Metal

Pair of Brazilian Lounge Chairs by Percival Lafer

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H 29 in W 33.5 in D 38 in

Pair of Brazilian Lounge Chairs by Percival Lafer

By Percival Lafer

Located in Dallas, TX

Pair of Brazilian lounge chairs by Percival Lafer. In good vintage condition with original tan leather.

Percival Lafer Style Mid Century Modern Orb Chair, Brazil 1970's

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Percival Lafer Style Mid Century Modern Orb Chair, Brazil 1970's

By Percival Lafer

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Beautiful orb chair attributed to Brazilian designer Percival Lafer.

Materials

Leather, Fiberglass, Wood, Rosewood

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H 9.45 in W 12.8 in D 7.09 in

Jacques Biny 'Biny Table n°231' Table Lamp for DCW éditions Paris

By Jacques Biny

Located in Tilburg, NL

Jacques Biny 'Biny Table n°231' Table Lamp designer in 1958 for DCW éditions Paris. New, current production. The table lamp (Biny Table n°231) by Jacques BINY is almost an alien in ...

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21st Century and Contemporary European Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Aluminum, Steel

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Percival Brazilian Chairs For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of percival Brazilian chairs available for sale. Each of these unique percival Brazilian chairs was constructed with extraordinary care, often using animal skin, wood and leather. We have 592 antique and vintage percival Brazilian chairs in-stock, while there are 4 modern editions to choose from as well. There are all kinds of percival Brazilian chairs available, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. Percival Brazilian chairs made by mid-century modern designers — as well as those associated with modern — are very popular at 1stDibs. Percival Brazilian chairs have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Percival Lafer, Lafer and Craft Associates are consistently popular.

How Much are Percival Brazilian Chairs?

Prices for percival Brazilian chairs can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, percival Brazilian chairs begin at $640 and can go as high as $44,000, while the average can fetch as much as $4,960.

Percival Lafer for sale on 1stDibs

When it comes to mid-century furniture, the innovative work of the Brazilian Modernists has often been overlooked, including the designs of prolific maker Percival Lafer. Lafer studied architecture at São Paulo’s Universidade Mackenzie. After he graduated, his father passed away suddenly, leaving a furniture business that Lafer took over with his brothers.

Taking up the mantle, Lafer made the jump from architecture to furniture design in 1961, putting a focus on thoughtfully designed pieces available at affordable prices. That year, Lafer introduced his supremely popular MP-1 chair, a plush piece of furniture made with iron and wood that he has riffed on throughout his entire career.

The silhouettes of Lafer lounge chairs, armchairs and other seating were distinct from streamlined American and European mid-century modernism, taking on casual, puffed forms thanks to his use of polyurethane layers as padding. He combined such contemporary industrial materials with local natural ones, namely Brazilian hardwoods, which delighted customers around the world as Lafer became one of the country’s leading exporters of furniture.

Lafer has continued to design furniture throughout his career, branching into sofas, tables and lighting. He was at the forefront of mechanical furniture movements, debuting the MP-7 sofa, which could turn into a twin bed, in 1965, the first such piece on the market. One of his most intriguing projects was the MP Lafer, a two-seat fiberglass roadster designed to emulate British sports cars. Some 4,300 units were produced over its 16-year manufacturing run in the ’70s and ’80s, with several ending up in the collections of major car museums.

Still, Lafer’s biggest claim to fame is his seating, which he continues to design, drawing inspiration from modern shapes and local materials. In 2017, a retrospective of his work was organized as part of the São Paulo Design Weekend.

Find vintage Percival Lafer furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

Finding the Right Lounge-chairs for You

While this specific seating is known to all for its comfort and familiar form, the history of how your favorite antique or vintage lounge chair came to be is slightly more ambiguous.

Although there are rare armchairs dating back as far as the 17th century, some believe that the origins of the first official “lounge chair” are tied to Hungarian modernist designer-architect Marcel Breuer. Sure, Breuer wasn’t exactly reinventing the wheel when he introduced the Wassily lounge chair in 1925, but his seat was indeed revolutionary for its integration of bent tubular steel.

Officially, a lounge chair is simply defined as a “comfortable armchair,” which allows for the shape and material of the furnishings to be extremely diverse. Whether or not chaise longues make the cut for this category is a matter of frequent debate.

The Eames lounge chair, on the other hand, has come to define somewhat of a universal perception of what a lounge chair can be. Introduced in 1956, the Eames lounger (and its partner in cozy, the ottoman) quickly became staples in television shows, prestigious office buildings and sumptuous living rooms. Venerable American mid-century modern designers Charles and Ray Eames intended for it to be the peak of luxury, which they knew meant taking furniture to the next level of style and comfort. Their chair inspired many modern interpretations of the lounge — as well as numerous copies.

On 1stDibs, find a broad range of unique lounge chairs that includes everything from antique Victorian-era seating to vintage mid-century modern lounge chairs by craftspersons such as Hans Wegner to contemporary choices from today’s innovative designers.