Brazilian Lounge Chairs
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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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Leather, Rosewood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Leather, Plywood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Cane, Hardwood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Steel
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Hardwood, Fabric, Upholstery, Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Leather, Wood
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Velvet, Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Metal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Bouclé, Hardwood, Plywood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Brass, Iron
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Faux Leather, Jacaranda
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Velvet, Rosewood
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Plywood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Metal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Metal, Iron
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Rosewood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Leather, Wood, Rosewood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Iron
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Leather, Wood
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Hardwood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Iron
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Metal
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Rosewood, Silk
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Aluminum
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Wood, Silk
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Iron
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Iron
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Velvet, Rosewood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Iron
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Rosewood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Metal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Brass
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Velvet, Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Brass
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Upholstery, Fabric, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Leather, Hardwood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Hardwood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Iron
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Velvet, Imbuia
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Leather, Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Leather, Hardwood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Rosewood, Fabric
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Cord, Teak
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Bouclé, Mahogany
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Iron
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Iron
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Metal
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Wood, Fabric
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Metal
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Rosewood, Leather
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Leather, Fabric, Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Iron
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Iron
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Chenille
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Hardwood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Iron
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Hardwood