Brazilian Desk Accessories
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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2010s Minimalist Brazilian Desk Accessories
Aluminum
2010s Minimalist Brazilian Desk Accessories
Concrete
2010s Minimalist Brazilian Desk Accessories
Wood
2010s Minimalist Brazilian Desk Accessories
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Leather
2010s Minimalist Brazilian Desk Accessories
Steel
2010s Minimalist Brazilian Desk Accessories
Steel
2010s Minimalist Brazilian Desk Accessories
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Leather
1980s Vintage Brazilian Desk Accessories
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Leather
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Onyx, Agate
2010s Rustic Brazilian Desk Accessories
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Brazilian Desk Accessories
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Leather
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Metal
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Metal
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Metal
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Leather
2010s Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Bronze
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Travertine, Brass
2010s Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Wood
2010s Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Bronze
2010s Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Bronze
2010s Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Bronze
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Onyx, Agate
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Agate, Onyx
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Brass
Mid-20th Century Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Bronze
2010s Brutalist Brazilian Desk Accessories
Brass
Mid-20th Century Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Granite, Bronze
Mid-20th Century Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Desk Accessories
15th Century and Earlier Prehistoric Antique Brazilian Desk Accessories
Stone
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Wood
20th Century Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Stone
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Desk Accessories
Wood
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Desk Accessories
Stone