Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
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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Place of Origin: Brazilian
Minimalist Armchair in Hardwood
By SIMONINI
Located in Vila Cordeiro, São Paulo
Evo Chair collection.
Our EVO collection is based in the harmonic fusion between geometrical forms and the modern interpretation of wood archetypes.
All elements that compose ...
Category
2010s Modern Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Hardwood
Set of 6 Chairs by Joaquim Tenreiro, 1947, Midcentury Design
By Joaquim Tenreiro
Located in New York, NY
This exquisitely crafted chair made of Perobinha-do-campo Wood, designed by Joaquim Tenreiro (1906-1992), evokes a refined coexistence of traditional values and modern aesthetics. It...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Modern Brazilian Armchair in Solid Wood, Textiles or Leathers
By SIMONINI
Located in Vila Cordeiro, São Paulo
The "Trip" armchairs are expressive premium objects, with generous dimensions. The design focus in the balance and combination between organic designed shapes from the solid wood com...
Category
2010s Modern Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Textile, Upholstery, Hardwood
Set of 4 Curva Dining Chairs by Joaquim Tenreiro
By Joaquim Tenreiro
Located in Soho, London, GB
Set of 4 Curva dining chairs by Joaquim Tenreiro manufactured by Tenreiro Movèis & Decorações (circa 1960). The set can be split and ...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Wood, Cane
Breathtaking Set of 16 Walnut and Mahogany Dining Chairs, Brazil, circa 1955
Located in Atlanta, GA
These magnificent dining chairs are shipped as professionally photographed and described in the listing narrative, completely installation ready. This large set is unique on the Worl...
Category
1950s Organic Modern Vintage Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany, Walnut
Set of 8 ‘Lucio' Chairs, Sergio Rodrigues, Rosewood, Brazilian Midcentury Design
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in New York, NY
The Lucio chair is an icon of Brazilian design, made with a solid wood structure, originally rosewood, and a flat cane seat. The backrest is sculpted with anatomical design and turned feet. Sergio Rodrigues designed this piece in 1956 in honor of Lucio Costa...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Straw, Rosewood
Joaquim Tenreiro, Set of Eight Dining Room Chairs, Brasil, 1950
By Joaquim Tenreiro
Located in Barcelona, ES
Joaquim Tenreiro
Pair of dining chairs
Manufactured by Tenreiro Moveis e Decoraçoes
Brasil, 1950
Jacaranda wood, cane
From the archives of Side Gallery, Barcelona
Measureme...
Category
1950s Vintage Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Cane, Jacaranda
Geraldo de Barros for Unilabor, Rosewood and Leather Chair
By Unilabor, Geraldo de Barros
Located in Houston, TX
Geraldo de Barros for Unilabor, This chair was designed in the late '50s. Unilabor was the first Brazilian labor cooperative. This chair presents a very minimal and discreet design, ...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Suede, Rosewood
Franco Albini Set of Six Midcentury Brazilian Dining Chairs jacaranda and fabric
By Franco Albini, Forma Brazil
Located in Barcelona, ES
Franco Albini (1905-1977)
Set of six dining chairs with arms (Price per chair)
Manufactured by Forma Brazil
Brazil, 1950s
Solid jacaranda wood and fabric
Measurements
58 cm x 55 c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Jacaranda
Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler Set of 4 Dining Chairs, Brazil, 1955
By Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler
Located in New York, NY
Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler are most known for well-shaped armchairs made in iron, but the production is far more complex, hand-crafted, and extensive. The wood pieces produced by...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Set of 6 Unilabor Chairs MT 552, Geraldo de Barros, 1960s, Brazilian Design
By Geraldo de Barros
Located in New York, NY
This incredible set of six chairs designed by Geraldo de Barros (1923-1998) and manufactured by Unilabor has a frame in solid rosewood with cane backrests and seats. Because it is a ...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Cane, Rosewood
Set of Four Rare Dining Chairs by Martin Eisler and Carlo Hauner for Forma
By Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler, Forma Brazil
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Brazil, circa 1956, delicately carved hardwood frame with hand caned seat. Remnant early Forma Moveis S/A label and Brazilian import stickers to underside.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Cane, Bubinga
Cocar Chair: handmade in Brazill with braided tucumã straw and Cabreúva wood
By Maria Fernanda Paes de Barros
Located in Jundiaí, SP
Cocar Chair is made from cabreúva wood to highlight the tradition of braiding tucumã straw from the Amazon rainforest. It is more than a chair, it's a manifesto.
Crafts are culture. It is full of meanings, of reasons to be alive till these days. It reflects part of our history as human beings. It lives in harmony with the nature around him. It translates feelings and emotions. It represents lives.
Lives that are as important as everyone else’s. Lives that deserve respect and recognition. Lives that keep alive cultures all around the world helping helping us not to lose sight of our ancestry.
It is part of Yankatu's Alma-Raiz collection. To create them Maria Fernanda Paes de Barros researched the Brazilian traditions and made innumerous immersions in the riverside community of Urucureá, on the banks of the Arapiuns River and surrounded by the Amazon Forest.
The Alma-Raiz Collection is born from the deepening plunge of the designer Maria Fernanda Paes de Barros into Brazilian identity.
As all the pieces produced by Yankatu, it is accompanied by its soul, a certificate of authenticity in the form of a small book that tells about the inspiration that gave birth to it and leaves blank pages so that its story can continue to be told by those who acquire it, turning it into something more, which does not change with fashion, which does not go by with time. To the contrary, it will move on from a generation to another, from hand to hand, each time with more stories to tell, each time incorporating the lives shared by it.
The wood comes from nature, each one is unique, with its veins, knots and tones. Because it is a natural material it suffers with the climate change, so cracks and shifts in color may emerge over time. The wood can also warp sometimes due to a large variation in relative humidity of the air. Naturally dyed straw has unique characteristics that never repeats itself. Due to this process, colors fade more easily than industrial ones. This isn’t considered a defect, on the contrary it is considered normal, as a way of telling its own story. When ordering, you should check what options are available.
The work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Brazilian Contemporary and Collectible Design by Yankatu, design + art with Brazilian soul.
Exhibitions:
2023 - Tel Aviv Biennale of Crafts and Design 2023 - Tel Aviv – Israel
2022 - Amazonie Immersive - Brussels, Belgium
2021 - TheChair - Usagy Gallery - New York, NY, United States of America
2020 - Material Origins – A Brazilian Colletciton curated by Waldick Jatobá - Adorno Design...
Category
2010s Other Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Straw, Wood
Set of Six Rosewood Estrutural Chairs by Joaquim Tenreiro. Mid Century, Brazil
By Joaquim Tenreiro
Located in New York, NY
To compose light seats, Tenreiro used thin wooden sticks in some of his chairs. One of these pieces, which became well known, was the Structural Chair...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Rosewood, Leather
Set of Four Brazilian Jacaranda Midcentury 1960s Dining Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of four midcentury Brazilian dining chairs from the 1960s in jacaranda wood. Two chairs upholstered in red microsuede fabric, two chairs in blue faux leather.
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Jacaranda
Brazilian Rosewood Chairs by FAI 'Fatima Arquitetura Interiores', Midcentury
By Fatima Architects
Located in New York, NY
Designed by FAI, modern Brazilian chairs made of Rosewood, with nubby fabric.
Made in Brazil, in the 1960s.
Chairs made in solid Brazilian Rosewood (Jacaranda) with caned seats and backs.
”Fatima Arquitetura...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Cane, Rosewood
Set of Six Chairs by Carlo Hauner, Brazilian Design
By Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler
Located in New York, NY
Designed in 1954 by Carlo Hauner for "Forma" rare dining chairs are made of caviuna wood and leather. The chairs were recently restored; wood structure and linen upholstery.
Carl...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Linen, Wood
Joaquim Tenreiro Wood Dining Chair Manufactured by Tenreiro Movèis, Brazil, 1960
By Joaquim Tenreiro
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of dining chairs (14 available) (Price is per chair)
Manufactured by Tenreiro Movèis & Decorações
Brasil, 1960
Jacaranda wood and cane
Modern Br...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Jacaranda
Leather Chair with Stainless Steel and Wood
By Pedro Useche
Located in Boston, MA
Stainless steel with wood strips and natural finishing. Leather and faux leather. Brown and sand colors.
Category
2010s International Style Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Set of Six Mid-Century Modern Chairs by Flama Móveis Manufacture, Brazil, 1950s
Located in Deerfield Beach, FL
Set of six Mid-Century Modern dinning chairs by Flama Móveis Manufacture, Brazil, 1950s
The chairs' design consist of a structure in solid ebonized wood with white synthetic leath...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Faux Leather, Wood
Mid-Century Modern Set of 8 Chairs in Wood and Leather, Brazil 1960s
Located in Deerfield Beach, FL
Set of 8 (Eight) Mid-Century Modern Brazilian dinning chairs in wood, Brazil 1960s.
These dining chairs are structured in solid wood, with upholstered seats in green synthetic leath...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Faux Leather, Hardwood
Pair of Chairs by Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler, Brazilian Design
By Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler
Located in New York, NY
A rare piece designed by Carlo Hauner for "Moveis Artesanal," circa 1948. This chair it’s an icon and illustrates the logotype of the company. The structure is made of iron remains i...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Leather, Straw, Rosewood
Mid-Century Modern Set of Dining Table and 6 Chairs by Móveis Flama, Brazil
Located in Deerfield Beach, FL
Mid-Century Modern set of dining table with six chairs by Brazilian Manufacture Móveis Flama, 1950s
This set comprises 1 (one) dining table and 6 (six) chairs. Designed in the 1950s...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Faux Leather, Formica, Wood
Giuseppe Scapinelli. Mid-Century Modern Set of Eight Blue Chairs
By Giuseppe Scapinelli
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
Set of eight Giuseppe Scapinelli blue chairs made of golden caviuna wood. This chairs were designed and produced in a very small quantity in the mid-1950s by the Italian born Brazili...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Wood
Set of 1940s Brazilian Jacaranda Medallion Cane Dining Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of eight 1940s "Medallion" dining chairs by Imperial, Brazil in jacaranda wood with cane seat and back.
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Cane, Jacaranda
Set of Ten 1970s Brazilian Wood Dining Chairs in Grey Velvet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of ten 1970s Brazilian wood dining chairs, upholstered in grey Belgian velvet.
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Brazilian Rosewood Dining Chairs Attributed to Jorge Zalszupin, 1950s
By Jorge Zalszupin
Located in Coronado, CA
A spectacular set of 6 Brazilian rosewood dining chairs attributed to the renowned Brazilian designer, Jorge Zalszupin. The chairs consist of stunning rosewood frames with original c...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Leather, Mohair, Rosewood
Brazilian Modern Set of Four Chairs in Caviuna Wood by Carlo Hauner, Brazil
By Carlo Hauner
Located in New York, NY
Available today, with free US domestic shipping included, these Brazilian Modern Set of Four Chairs in Caviuna Wood by Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler are spectacular!
The wood piec...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Chenille, Hardwood
Set of 8 "Tião" Chairs, by Sergio Rodrigues, Brazil, 1959
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Whitstable, GB
Sergio Rodrigues
Tião dining chair, Brazil 1959
Tião is a comfortable, classic and elegant chair designed by Sergio Rodrigues in 1959, and manufactured by Oca.
We have a set of eight Tião chairs in dark solid hardwood frame, re-upholstered in a light grey fabric.
In good vintage condition. Beautiful deep wood colour.
Minor wear commensurate with age and use, for a vintage piece.
Provenance of this set of chairs is a family home in São Paulo, where they formed a set with the iconic Burton Table, also by Sergio Rodrigues.
Passionate about drawing and wood art since he was a boy, the world-renowned Sérgio Rodrigues (1927-2014) made history as a precursor of Brazilian design. He revolutionised aesthetics in the country in the 1960s with his original style of curved and generous shapes, representative of Brazilian culture. With this approach he created the Mole armchair in 1957, still an innovative design today and one of the most important works of the 20th century, responsible for projecting Brazil on the world design stage.
The designer from Rio designed several other pieces that became design icons, such as the Mocho bench, the Oscar armchairs, Kilin and Diz armchairs...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Hardwood
Mid-Century Modern Set of two Chairs in Hardwood & Beige Linen by Carlo Hauner
By Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler
Located in New York, NY
Available now, this Mid-Century Modern set of four dining chairs in hardwood and beige linen designed by Carlo Hauner is nothing less than spectacular!
This delicate set is made of old Brazilian...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Hardwood
Set of 5 Solid Brazilian Wood & Rope by José Zanine Caldas, ca, 1950s
By José Zanine Caldas, Mòveis Artisticos Z
Located in Geneva, CH
Set of 5 dining chairs model "I"
Manufactured by Mòveis Artísticos Z
Brazil, 1950
Solid Brazilian wood, rope
Good condition, see pictures.
Category
1950s Vintage Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Rope, Wood
Set of 8 "U" Dining Chair, Rarest Version
By Joaquim Tenreiro
Located in London, GB
Probably one of the most iconic creations by Joaquim Tenreiro, this set of 8 "U" is a modified version of its original design, with thicker wood and rounder edges (arms/backrest)
Th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Hardwood
"Leve" Armchair by Joaquim Tenreiro
By Joaquim Tenreiro
Located in London, GB
Elegant "Leve" armchair by Joaquim Tenreiro made in "Perobinha do Campo" wood.
This chair was bought from its original owner in Minas Gerais - Brazil and it has been reupholstered...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Hardwood
Set of 12 "U" Chairs by Joaquim Tenreiro
By Joaquim Tenreiro
Located in London, GB
Probably one of the most iconic creations my Joaquim Tenreiro, this set of 12 "U" dining chairs is made in "Perobinha do Campo", a wood widely used by Tenreiro throughout his career....
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Cane, Hardwood
L'Atelier Brazilian Dining Chairs
By L'Atelier San Paulo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of eight Brazilian dining chairs by L'Atelier upholstered in light grey/beige linen.
Category
1960s Vintage Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Linen, Wood
Set of Six Chairs by Sergio Rodrigues, Brazil, 1970s
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in New York, NY
Set of six chairs. Designed by Sergio Rodrigues, Brazil, 1970s. Measures: Seat: 18" H.
Category
1970s Vintage Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
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