Brazilian Hat Racks and Stands
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 Minimalist Brazilian Hat Racks and Stands
Marble
2010s Minimalist Brazilian Hat Racks and Stands
Wood, Hardwood
2010s Other Brazilian Hat Racks and Stands
Marble
2010s Modern Brazilian Hat Racks and Stands
Steel
2010s Minimalist Brazilian Hat Racks and Stands
Brass
2010s Brazilian Hat Racks and Stands
Quartz, Marble, Aluminum
1960s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Brazilian Hat Racks and Stands
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Brazilian Hat Racks and Stands
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Brazilian Hat Racks and Stands
Carrara Marble, Marble, Brass
1970s Vintage Brazilian Hat Racks and Stands
Glass, Mirror
Early 20th Century Industrial Brazilian Hat Racks and Stands
Steel
1960s Industrial Vintage Brazilian Hat Racks and Stands
Aluminum
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Hat Racks and Stands
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Hat Racks and Stands
Walnut
2010s Minimalist Brazilian Hat Racks and Stands
Steel
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Hat Racks and Stands
Steel
1640s Mid-Century Modern Antique Brazilian Hat Racks and Stands
Brass, Bronze
2010s Modern Brazilian Hat Racks and Stands
Wood
2010s Modern Brazilian Hat Racks and Stands
Wood
2010s Brazilian Hat Racks and Stands
Yarn, Wood