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.
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Acrylic
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Table Lamps
Lucite
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Table Lamps
Aluminum
2010s Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Marble, Granite, Brass
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Table Lamps
Hardwood
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Table Lamps
Acrylic
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Table Lamps
Acrylic
2010s Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Granite, Marble, Brass
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Table Lamps
Brass, Aluminum
2010s Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Steel
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Table Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Table Lamps
Iron
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Table Lamps
Steel
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Table Lamps
Brass, Iron
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Metal
2010s Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Steel
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Table Lamps
Brass, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Brass, Metal
1970s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Brazilian Table Lamps
Travertine, Brass
1970s Hollywood Regency Vintage Brazilian Table Lamps
Travertine, Brass, Chrome
Early 2000s Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Brass
1950s Post-Modern Vintage Brazilian Table Lamps
Metal
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Space Age Brazilian Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Blown Glass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Brass
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Table Lamps
Stone, Brass
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Table Lamps
Travertine
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Chrome
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Table Lamps
Brass, Metal
Early 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Metal
1990s Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Rock Crystal
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
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
Acrylic
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Table Lamps
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Table Lamps
Acrylic, Formica, Jacaranda