Brazilian Home Accents
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 Post-Modern Brazilian Home Accents
Leather, Paint
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Home Accents
Jacaranda
1960s Vintage Brazilian Home Accents
Jacaranda
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Home Accents
Bronze
Late 20th Century Organic Modern Brazilian Home Accents
Agate, Onyx
2010s Organic Modern Brazilian Home Accents
Agate, Quartz
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Home Accents
Leather, Hardwood
2010s Modern Brazilian Home Accents
Brass
2010s Modern Brazilian Home Accents
Bronze
2010s Modern Brazilian Home Accents
Onyx, Bronze
2010s Modern Brazilian Home Accents
Bronze
2010s Modern Brazilian Home Accents
Onyx, Bronze
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Home Accents
Leather, Rosewood
2010s Organic Modern Brazilian Home Accents
Wood
2010s Empire Brazilian Home Accents
Rock Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Home Accents
Wood
Late 17th Century Antique Brazilian Home Accents
Brass, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Home Accents
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Home Accents
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Home Accents
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Other Brazilian Home Accents
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Home Accents
Bamboo, Mirror
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Home Accents
Teak
2010s Modern Brazilian Home Accents
Oak
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Home Accents
Wood, Paint
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Home Accents
Steel
2010s Modern Brazilian Home Accents
Hardwood
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique Brazilian Home Accents
Glass, Wood, Fabric
1880s Antique Brazilian Home Accents
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Modern Brazilian Home Accents
Teak
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Home Accents
Composition
1950s Vintage Brazilian Home Accents
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Home Accents
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Home Accents
Chrome
15th Century and Earlier Organic Modern Antique Brazilian Home Accents
Quartz, Agate, Amethyst, Crystal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Home Accents
Brass
Late 20th Century Bohemian Brazilian Home Accents
Agate
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Home Accents
Jacaranda
Late 20th Century Organic Modern Brazilian Home Accents
Agate, Onyx
2010s Empire Brazilian Home Accents
Rock Crystal
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Home Accents
Agate
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Home Accents
Marble
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Home Accents
Wood
2010s Empire Brazilian Home Accents
Rock Crystal
20th Century Modern Brazilian Home Accents
Amethyst