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Brazilian Trunks and Luggage

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 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.

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Place of Origin: Brazilian
Mid-Century Modern Trunk Model “Sabara” in Hardwood by Sergio Rodrigues, 1965
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in New York, NY
Available today, this spectacular Brazilian Modern Trunk model “Sabara” in Brazilian Rosewood, known as Jacaranda is nothing less than spectacular! The "Sabará" trunk was designed ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Trunks and Luggage

Materials

Chrome

Mid-Century Modern Trunk Model “Sabara” in Hardwood by Sergio Rodrigues, 1965
Mid-Century Modern Trunk Model “Sabara” in Hardwood by Sergio Rodrigues, 1965

Mid-Century Modern Trunk Model “Sabara” in Hardwood by Sergio Rodrigues, 1965

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An imposing 17th century mahogany Portuguese colonial trunk / chest, of grand proportions, decorated with pierced brass panels. Probably Brazil, circa 1670. This rare chest...
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Late 17th Century Antique Brazilian Trunks and Luggage

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Brass, Iron

Imposing 17th Century Portuguese Colonial Mahogany and Brass Chest
Imposing 17th Century Portuguese Colonial Mahogany and Brass Chest

Imposing 17th Century Portuguese Colonial Mahogany and Brass Chest

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