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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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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Hardwood
2010s Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Quartz, Rock Crystal
2010s Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Quartz, Rock Crystal
2010s Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Quartz, Rock Crystal
2010s Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Quartz, Rock Crystal
2010s Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Quartz, Rock Crystal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Hardwood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Wood, Jacaranda
20th Century Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Walnut
1970s Vintage Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Silver Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Wood
Mid-20th Century Aesthetic Movement Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Multi-gemstone, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Wood
2010s Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Copper
2010s Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Crystal
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Rock Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Rock Crystal
Mid-20th Century Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Stainless Steel
2010s Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Rock Crystal
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Brass, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Brass
1970s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Bronze, Nickel
Late 19th Century Antique Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Copper
2010s Modern Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Crystal
2010s Modern Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Copper
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Crystal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Glass
2010s Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Quartz, Rock Crystal
Late 20th Century Modern Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Agate, Onyx
Mid-20th Century Modern Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Steel, Bronze
Mid-20th Century Modern Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Bronze, Steel
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Metal
Late 20th Century Modern Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Agate, Onyx
2010s Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Copper
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Metal, Silver Plate
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Jacaranda, Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian More Dining and Entertaining
Silver Plate