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BRAZILIAN FURNITURE

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 NiemeyerSergio Rodrigues and José Zanine Caldas as well as such European immigrants as Joaquim TenreiroJean 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 rosewoodjacaranda 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 chairssofastables and more.

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Place of Origin: Brazilian
Móvel Moderno Brasileiro, Brazilian Modern Design, Book
Located in Deerfield Beach, FL
The Brazilian modern design book extensively classifies the work of 15 of the most representative Brazilian furniture designers in the mod...
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2010s Brazilian Books

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Magazine “Habitat”, nº15, by Lina Bo Bardi & Pietro Maria Bardi. Brazil 1954
By Lina Bo Bardi
Located in Barcelona, ES
“Habitat – revista das artes no Brasil”, nº 15, March – April 1954 “Magazine of contemporary culture, dedicated to architecture, painting, sculpture, industrial design, graphic arts...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Books

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Jorge Zalszupin Modern Design in Brazil Book by Maria Loschiavo dos Santos
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jorge Zalszupin Modern Design in Brazil book by Maria Cecilia Loschiavo dos Santos published in Brazil in 2014 in Portuguese and English. Never published i...
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2010s Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Books

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Paper

Magazine “Módulo – Especial Oscar Niemeyer”. Brazil, July 1983.
By Oscar Niemeyer
Located in Barcelona, ES
Magazine “Módulo – Especial Oscar Niemeyer”. Brazil, July 1983 Dimensions: 21 x 28 x 0.8cm Pages: 100 Language: Portuguese Building: Softback
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1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Books

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Magazine “Módulo” nº53, by Oscar Niemeyer”. Brazil, 1979.
By Oscar Niemeyer
Located in Barcelona, ES
Magazine “Módulo – Revista de Arquitetura, Arte e Cultura”, nº53, by Oscar Niemeyer”, march - april 1979. Dimensions: 24 x 24 x 0.6cm Edited By: Avenir Pages: 100 Language: Portugue...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Books

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