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.
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2010s Other Brazilian Furniture
Ceramic, Clay
2010s Other Brazilian Furniture
Ceramic, Clay
2010s Other Brazilian Furniture
Wood, Cedar, Mirror
2010s Other Brazilian Furniture
Beads, Natural Fiber, Wood, Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Other Brazilian Furniture
Cotton, Wood
2010s Other Brazilian Furniture
Natural Fiber, Wood, Straw
2010s Other Brazilian Furniture
Reclaimed Wood, Feathers
2010s Other Brazilian Furniture
Natural Fiber, Straw, Wood
2010s Other Brazilian Furniture
Cotton, Glass, Wood
2010s Other Brazilian Furniture
Natural Fiber, Wood, Straw
2010s Other Brazilian Furniture
Wood, Beads
2010s Other Brazilian Furniture
Wood, Cedar
2010s Other Brazilian Furniture
Natural Fiber, Cotton, Wood, Straw
2010s Other Brazilian Furniture
Pottery, Natural Fiber, Clay, Wood, Straw, Ceramic
2010s Other Brazilian Furniture
Hardwood, Natural Fiber, Wood, Cotton
2010s Other Brazilian Furniture
Straw, Wood
2010s Other Brazilian Furniture
Hardwood, Cotton, Wood
2010s Other Brazilian Furniture
Wood, Mirror, Imbuia
2010s Brazilian Furniture
Teak
2010s Brazilian Furniture
Wood
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Furniture
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Furniture
Walnut, Cedar
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Furniture
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Grand Tour Brazilian Furniture
Wood
2010s American Craftsman Brazilian Furniture
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Furniture
Wood
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Cherry, Maple, Walnut
2010s Other Brazilian Furniture
Ceramic, Paint
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Cherry, Walnut
2010s Arts and Crafts Brazilian Furniture
Straw, Wood
2010s Arts and Crafts Brazilian Furniture
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary International Style Brazilian Furniture
Cotton, Hardwood
2010s Arts and Crafts Brazilian Furniture
Ceramic, Beads, Wood
2010s Arts and Crafts Brazilian Furniture
Wood, Beads
2010s Arts and Crafts Brazilian Furniture
Ceramic, Pottery, Straw, Wood
2010s Arts and Crafts Brazilian Furniture
Straw, Pottery, Ceramic
2010s Arts and Crafts Brazilian Furniture
Ceramic, Pottery, Straw, Wood
2010s Arts and Crafts Brazilian Furniture
Copper
2010s Arts and Crafts Brazilian Furniture
Copper
2010s Arts and Crafts Brazilian Furniture
Straw, Wood
2010s Arts and Crafts Brazilian Furniture
Copper