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 Modern Brazilian Furniture
Zinc
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Furniture
Concrete, Aluminum
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Quartz, Metal
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Steel
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Crystal, Metal
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Stone, Metal
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Crystal, Metal
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Crystal, Metal
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Stainless Steel
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Metal
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Paper
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Steel
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Stone, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Furniture
Metal
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Resin
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Stainless Steel
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Stainless Steel
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Paper
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Crystal, Metal
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Steel
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Metal
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Steel
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Paper
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Crystal, Metal
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Stone, Metal
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Resin
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Stone, Metal
Late 20th Century Modern Brazilian Furniture
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Furniture
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Furniture
Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Furniture
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Furniture
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Furniture
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Furniture
Canvas, Wood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Furniture
Bouclé
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Furniture
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Furniture
Wood, Plywood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Furniture
Wood
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Wood
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Ceramic, Glass, Mirror, Resin, Acrylic, Plywood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Furniture
Bouclé
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Metal
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Bronze
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Metal
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Marble, Bronze
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Bronze
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Bronze
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Soapstone
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Bronze
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Onyx, Bronze
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Metal
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Furniture
Wood, Textile, Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Furniture
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Furniture
Aluminum
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Hardwood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Furniture
Leather, Wood