Brazilian Table Lamps
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.
Find a collection of vintage Brazilian furniture on 1stDibs that includes chairs, sofas, tables and more.
2010s Minimalist Brazilian Table Lamps
Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Wood, Cotton
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Wood
2010s Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Acrylic, Wood
2010s Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Acrylic, Wood
2010s Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Table Lamps
Hardwood, Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Brazilian Table Lamps
Sheet Metal
2010s Brazilian Table Lamps
Stainless Steel
2010s Brazilian Table Lamps
Stainless Steel
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Stone, Crystal, Other
2010s International Style Brazilian Table Lamps
Stainless Steel
2010s Brazilian Table Lamps
Steel
2010s Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Wood
2010s Minimalist Brazilian Table Lamps
Steel
2010s Minimalist Brazilian Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
2010s Minimalist Brazilian Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
2010s Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Table Lamps
Rock Crystal
2010s Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Brass, Steel
2010s Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Wood
20th Century Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Rock Crystal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Other Brazilian Table Lamps
Wood
2010s Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Wood
2010s Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Brazilian Table Lamps
Stone, Brass
2010s Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Wood
2010s Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Wood
2010s Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Wood
2010s Organic Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Alabaster
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Brazilian Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Organic Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Alabaster
2010s Organic Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Table Lamps
Linen, Wood
2010s Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Marble, Brass
Late 20th Century Minimalist Brazilian Table Lamps
Metal
2010s Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Copper
2010s Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Acrylic, Wood
Early 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Metal
2010s Brazilian Table Lamps
Steel
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Table Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Wood
2010s Other Brazilian Table Lamps
Amethyst, Brass
2010s Organic Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Amethyst, Brass
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