Brazilian Armchairs
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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Number in Set: Set of 5
Place of Origin: Brazilian
Tai Armchair in Teak Wood Finish with Off-White Leather Cushions
By Uultis Design
Located in Miami, FL
The Tai armchair has a lot going on but in a very simplistic way with the beautiful wood frame in a teak finish and its off-white leather cushions. The un...
Category
2010s Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Teak, Upholstery
Abra Armchair in Gray Fabric and White Wood Finish
By Uultis Design
Located in Miami, FL
The Abra armchair is a welcoming addition to any room in your decor, with beautiful gray upholstery and a white wood finish frame. This armchair has been...
Category
2010s Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood, Lacquer
Modern Style Gaia Chair from Tiago Curioni
By Tiago Curioni
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
In honor of the 100 years of Bauhaus, the Gaia chair reflects the purity and strength of the well-known school.
The piece, of pure lines and in primary c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Tai Armchair in Teak Wood Finish with Black Leather Cushions
By Uultis Design
Located in Miami, FL
The Tai armchair has a lot going on but in a very simplistic way with the beautiful wood frame in a teak finish and its black leather cushions. The unique...
Category
2010s Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Teak, Leather, Upholstery
Contemporary Armchair in Tropical Hardwood by Ricardo Graham Ferreira
By Ricardo Graham Ferreira
Located in Nova Friburgo, RJ
Contemporary armchair made with reclaimed tropical hardwood, upholstered seat and head cushion in linen.
The backrest is made with rami cord, a vegetable...
Category
2010s Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Cord, Wood, Hardwood, Reclaimed Wood
Contemporary Bella Armchair Featuring Metal Frame and Ivory Fabric
Located in Miami, FL
Our creative team from Uultis has created this amazing upholstered armchair, the ideal furniture providing you the comfort and the perfect fit in a variety of settings including livi...
Category
2010s Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Metal
"Punto" Armchair in Wooden Multi-laminate Upholstered with Golden Four Feet
By Studio Marta Manente
Located in Centro, RS
The punto armchair has an elegant and versatile design. Easy to match, transitions into many interior decor styles.
Its finishes are impeccable, with a harmonious mix of high quality materials: Curve multi-laminate wooden backrest, coated with cinnamon natural wood blade...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Metal
BEE Swing
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
Materials: Aluminum, nautical rope, upholstery and fabric.
Dimensions: 109.5 cm wide x 69.5 cm deep x 70 cm high.
Reference: Fabric polipropileno
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Aluminum
Minimalist Armchair "Helena" by Samuel Lamas
By Samuel Lamas
Located in Brasilia, DF
This award winning minimalist armchair 'Helena' designed by Samuel Lamas has an architectonic and geometric reasoning. The aim is to create a simple chair, with pure geometric shapes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Minimalist Brazilian Armchair "Sandra" by Samuel Lamas
By Samuel Lamas
Located in Brasilia, DF
This award winning minimalist armchair in steel, solid wood and leather is designed with a Classic and geometric reasoning.
The continuity of the structural lines suggests fluidity...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Minimalist Armchair "Helena" by Samuel Lamas
By Samuel Lamas
Located in Brasilia, DF
This award winning minimalist armchair 'Helena' designed by Samuel Lamas has an architectonic and geometric reasoning. The aim is to create a simple chair, with pure geometric shapes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Gravatá Armchair
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
Many denominations, a unique beauty. Gravatá bromeliad also echoes in Brazilian flora such as gravá, croatá, caroá, caraguatá, coroatá. Typical of the cerrado region, the species wit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
"RA40" Armchair in Imbuia Wood and Metal by Pedro Useche
By Pedro Useche
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
The RA40 armchair has a stainless steel structure and hardwood armrest, seat and back.
Upholstered seat and back in flexible polyurethane. Final stretched cover in fabric or leather....
Category
2010s Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Minimalist Armchair "Helena" by Samuel Lamas
By Samuel Lamas
Located in Brasilia, DF
This award winning minimalist armchair 'Helena' designed by Samuel Lamas has an architectonic and geometric reasoning. The aim is to create a simple chair, with pure geometric shapes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Minimalist Armchair "Sonia" by Samuel Lamas
By Samuel Lamas
Located in Brasilia, DF
This award winning minimalist armchair in steel and leather is designed within a geometric and architetonic reasoning. Lightness is guaranteed by the delicate iron structure that gen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Bodocongó Swing - In black
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
Piece inspired in the elements of the free market of Campina Grande, at Paraíba. Structure made of carbon steel. The woof is handmade with polyester rope.
Application of wooden spoons...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
ELO Footstool in Metal and Rope for Indoor and Outdoor Use by Filipe Ramos
By Filipe Ramos
Located in Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo
The ELO stool can be use individually or to complement to the ELO armchair.
The shape of the seat provides storage space underneath that can be used to keep books, boxes, and sungla...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Aluminum
Irajá Armchair
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
Materials: Aluminum, upholstery, fabric and naval rope.
Dimensions: 105 cm wide x 89 cm deep x 75.5 cm high.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
"Ro" Modernist Spinning Armchair
Located in Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo
Alessandra Delgado is passionate about Sergio Rodrigues work. The use of fine soft style and woven design of the armchair adds to its sophistication. The upholstery can be customized...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Canvas, Velvet, Synthetic, Polyester
Surf Brazilian Contemporary Wood and Leather Chair by Lattoog
By Lattoog
Located in Sao Paolo, BR
Developed for both outdoor and indoor areas, this armchair refers directly to a sport with great cultural identification with Brazil: surf.
The first piece produced in order to present the concept had the backrest and chair seat shaped manually in expanded polyurethane, the same used in the manufacture of surfboards.
Now, in the official release for the market as serial pieces, we offer both chair and armchair in two versions: upholstered or wooden chair seat.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Distrópica, Lounge Chair by Brunno Jahara, Matteo Guarnaccia & Dimitrih Correa
By Brunno Jahara
Located in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
The research of Cross Cultural Chairs in Brazil, was conducted in Rio de Janeiro where Matteo Guarnaccia together with Brunno Jahara and designer Dimitrih Correa. This was the first ...
Category
2010s Modern Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Stainless Steel, Brass
Tatu Armchair
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
Materials: Aluminum, nautical rope, upholstery and fabric.
Dimensions: 108 cm wide x 90 cm deep x 88 cm high.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Aluminum
Dobra Upholstered Lounge Chair in Grey Linen by Filipe Ramos
By Filipe Ramos
Located in Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo
The Dobra chair is part of the Dobra furniture line which is designed with the concept of a continue steel bar folded to create legs and frames for the different components.
"Dobra" ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Sun Armchair
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
Sun Armchair
Materials: Aluminum and naval rope.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Aluminum
Fronteira Brazilian Contemporary Wood Fabric Chair by Lattoog
By Lattoog
Located in Sao Paolo, BR
One of the project assumptions for this chair was the intense formal dialogue between different materials like wood and fabric. The designers came to a trace that fluidly and continu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood, Fabric
"Cuba" Armchair, by Rodrigo Ohtake, Brazilian Design
By Rodrigo Ohtake
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
The Cuba armchair was conceived by Rodrigo Othake with one element in mind, one that is very well used by the Brazilian design: turned wood. If this elem...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Hardwood
Minimalist Brazilian Armchair ´Bia´ by Samuel Lamas
By Samuel Lamas
Located in Brasilia, DF
This imposing Brazilian armchair in steel and leather is featured by geometric lines that contrast with the softness of the seat in natural leather. All the structural elements are i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Samburá Swing
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
Materials: Aluminum, upholstery and fabric.
Dimensions: 154 cm wide x 118 cm deep x 145 cm high.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Aluminum
Red PK8 Armchair, Seat & Lamp Hybrid, Handmade Metal Structure by Paulo Kobylka
By Paulo Kobylka
Located in Londrina, Paraná
The idea of PK8 armchair came during a renovation project of a clinic.
The project had as premise to transform the environment with just a few interventi...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Green PK8 Armchair, Seat-Lamp Hybrid, Handmade Metal Structure by Paulo Kobylka
By Paulo Kobylka
Located in Londrina, Paraná
The idea of PK8 armchair came during a renovation project of a clinic.
The project had as premise to transform the environment with just a few interventi...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Biboca Swing
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
A suspended shelter, with multiple cracks, where the geometric weave, elaborated by hand, plays hide and reveal, projecting a welcome that does not steal the outside atmosphere. The ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Aluminum
Minimalist armchair "Sonia" by Samuel Lamas
By Samuel Lamas
Located in Brasilia, DF
This award winning minimalist armchair in steel and leather is designed within a geometric and architetonic reasoning. Lightness is guaranteed by the delicate iron structure that gen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Vivá Swing
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
Materials: Aluminum, nautical rope.
Dimensions: 150.5 cm wide x 121 cm deep x 142 cm high.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Aluminum
Yellow PK8 Armchair, Seat-Lamp Hybrid, Handmade Metal Structure by Paulo Kobylka
By Paulo Kobylka
Located in Londrina, Paraná
The idea of PK8 armchair came during a renovation project of a clinic.
The project had as premise to transform the environment with just a few interventi...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Blue PK8 Armchair, Seat & Lamp Hybrid, Handmade Metal Structure by Paulo Kobylka
By Paulo Kobylka
Located in Londrina, Paraná
The idea of PK8 armchair came during a renovation project of a clinic.
The project had as premise to transform the environment with just a few interventi...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Black PK8 Armchair, Seat-Lamp Hybrid, Handmade Metal Structure by Paulo Kobylka
By Paulo Kobylka
Located in Londrina, Paraná
The idea of PK8 armchair came during a renovation project of a clinic.
The project had as premise to transform the environment with just a few interventi...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Contemporary Outdoor Armchair, Aluminum with Nautical Rope Pattern
By Lattoog
Located in Sao Paolo, BR
The Bask series is composed of sofa, armchair, chaise, center table, bookcase and corner table. Developed especially for outdoor areas and balconies, the series had as its starting point the design of the metal weave...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Anahí Armchair
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
A poetic bloom, in minutiae that transport the imagination to breathe the forest in the abundance of green and all its atmosphere. The drawing directs the eye. Invites you to contemp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Handmade Black & Red PK6 Armchair, Carbon Steel and Metal Mesh by Paulo Kobylka
By Paulo Kobylka
Located in Londrina, Paraná
Honorable mention by European Product Design Award: Home Interior Products Category.
The main inspiration for PK6 chair comes from standard metal structures used for secondary arc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Industrial Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Puã Armchair
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
The fluid lines punctuate lightness and mark the Minimalist essence of Poltrona Puã. The name taken from the Tupi language means “round” and refers to the connection of the circles t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Aluminum
Handmade Pink PK6 Armchair Carbon Steel Structure & Metal Mesh by Paulo Kobylka
By Paulo Kobylka
Located in Londrina, Paraná
Honorable mention by European Product Design Award: Home Interior Products Category.
The main inspiration for PK6 chair comes from standard metal structures used for secondary arc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Industrial Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Handmade Blue PK6 Armchair Carbon Steel Structure & Metal Mesh by Paulo Kobylka
By Paulo Kobylka
Located in Londrina, Paraná
Honorable mention by European Product Design Award: Home Interior Products Category.
The main inspiration for PK6 chair comes from standard metal structures used for secondary arc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Industrial Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Minimalist Armchair "Helena" by Samuel Lamas
By Samuel Lamas
Located in Brasilia, DF
This award winning minimalist armchair 'Helena' designed by Samuel Lamas has an architectonic and geometric reasoning. The aim is to create a simple chair, with pure geometric shapes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Uaupés Swing
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
Materials: Aluminum, upholstery, fabric and naval rope.
Dimensions: 126 cm wide x 105 cm deep x 119 cm high.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Aluminum
Black PK15 Single Seat Sofa, Steel Structure and Ebonized Legs by Paulo Kobylka
By Paulo Kobylka
Located in Londrina, Paraná
PK15 sofa is inspired by wooden trusses used in the construction of roofs.
The sofa sockets refer to the “Gusset Plate” normally applied to reinforce the knots of wooden trusses.
H...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Tomato PK15 Single Seat Sofa, Steel Structure & Ebonized Legs by Paulo Kobylka
By Paulo Kobylka
Located in Londrina, Paraná
PK15 sofa is inspired by wooden trusses used in the construction of roofs.
The sofa sockets refer to the “Gusset Plate” normally applied to reinforce the knots of wooden trusses.
H...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Tomato PK15 Single Seat Sofa, Steel Structure & Wood Legs by Paulo Kobylka
By Paulo Kobylka
Located in Londrina, Paraná
PK15 sofa is inspired by wooden trusses used in the construction of roofs.
The sofa sockets refer to the “Gusset Plate” normally applied to reinforce the knots of wooden trusses.
H...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Astral Brazilian Contemporary Wood and Leather Easychair and Pouf by Lattoog
By Lattoog
Located in Sao Paolo, BR
Armchair with structure in solid wood and upholstered fiberglass.
Armchair + stool.
The “Astral” armchair is Lattoog's latest release for Empório das Cadeiras and is the youngest of a family of furniture affectionately baptized by the designers of Série Viralatas. two pieces of furniture, in general modernist classics, are fused (or syncretized) to result in a third design of an original piece of furniture, completely different from the others, but with a strong “genetic load” of its generative matrices. A concept invented by Lattoog in 2005 that has been a great influence for designers from Brazil and abroad as well. Here, strong but subtle references to Brazilian roots and culture are presented: Miscegenation, syncretism and “viralism”.
Astral is born from the fusion of the shapes of the tank armchair...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Upholstery, Wood
Handmade Black PK6 Armchair Carbon Steel Structure & Metal Mesh by Paulo Kobylka
By Paulo Kobylka
Located in Londrina, Paraná
Honorable mention by European Product Design Award: Home Interior Products Category.
The main inspiration for PK6 chair comes from standard metal structures used for secondary arc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Industrial Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Easychair Coral Brazilian Contemporary Wood and Fabric by Lattoog
By Lattoog
Located in Sao Paolo, BR
Armchair with wooden structure and upholstered seat. The first sketches of the Coral Line, consisting of an armchair and a chair, start from the observation of marine life, shells an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Textile
Arco Armchair, by RAIN, Contemporary Armchair, Upholstery on Wood Structure
By RAIN
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
Arco is an upholstered armchair of simple and enveloping geometry. The shape of the piece reproduces the arch of the body, creating a welcoming anatomical shell. The armchair is cove...
Category
2010s International Style Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery
Upholstered PK13 Armchair, Bicolor Steel Structure & Wood Legs by Paulo Kobylka
By Paulo Kobylka
Located in Londrina, Paraná
PK13 armchair is inspired by wooden trusses used in the construction of roofs.
The chair sockets refer to the “Gusset Plate” normally applied to reinforce the k...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Ergonomic Armchair in Tropical Brazilian Hardwood, Contemporary Style
By Rahyja Afrange
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
This "SE7E" contemporary styled armchair in Brazilian hardwood was designed following extensive research, experimentation and the study of ergonomics. The structure contrasts with t...
Category
2010s Minimalist Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Hardwood
Handmade White & Orange PK6 Armchair, Carbon Steel & Metal Mesh by Paulo Kobylka
By Paulo Kobylka
Located in Londrina, Paraná
Honorable mention by European Product Design Award: Home Interior Products Category.
The main inspiration for PK6 chair comes from standard metal structures used for secondary arc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Industrial Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Handmade PK13 Armchair, Steel Structure and Ebonized Wood Legs by Paulo Kobylka
By Paulo Kobylka
Located in Londrina, Paraná
PK13 armchair is inspired by wooden trusses used in the construction of roofs.
The chair sockets refer to the “Gusset Plate” normally applied to reinforce the knots of wooden trusse...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Flor do Mandacaru Armchair
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
The caatinga is pure poetry. In the dryness of the biome that stretches across the Brazilian Northeast, mandacaru flourishes in a treat to the thorns and the almost always parched sc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Aluminum
Dunas Armchair
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
Materials: Aluminum, nautical rope, upholstery and fabric.
Dimensions: 94.5 cm wide x 56 cm deep x 90 cm high.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Aluminum
Handmade Green PK6 Armchair Carbon Steel Structure & Metal Mesh by Paulo Kobylka
By Paulo Kobylka
Located in Londrina, Paraná
Honorable Mention by European Product Design Award: Home Interior Products Category.
The main inspiration for PK6 chair comes from standard metal structures used for secondary arc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Industrial Brazilian Armchairs
Materials
Steel
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