Tora Brazil
Vintage 1960s Desks and Writing Tables
Leather, Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sofas
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Armchairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Center Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Upholstery, Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Benches
Hardwood, Reclaimed Wood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Glass, Rosewood
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Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Benches
Velvet, Wood, Ebony
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Jacaranda
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Wood, Oak
2010s French International Style Daybeds
Fabric
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Acrylic, Upholstery
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Mahogany
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Iron
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Fiberglass
Vintage 1960s American Armchairs
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Deco Carts and Bar Carts
Marble
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood, Walnut
2010s South African Modern Lounge Chairs
Bouclé, Walnut, Upholstery, Ceramic
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Metal, Aluminum
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
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Vintage 1970s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Aluminum
Vintage 1970s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Aluminum
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Desks
Chrome
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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