Brazilian Seating
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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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Fabric, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Iron
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Seating
Leather, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Fabric, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Brazilian Seating
Fabric, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Brazilian Seating
Fabric, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Brazilian Seating
Fabric, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Hardwood, Bouclé
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Brazilian Seating
Fabric, Hardwood
1950s Vintage Brazilian Seating
Brass, Iron
Late 20th Century Brazilian Seating
Chrome
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Leather, Wood, Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Seating
Bronze
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Seating
Metal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Leather, Hardwood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Seating
Leather, Walnut
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Seating
Faux Leather, Imbuia
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Seating
Leather
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Fabric, Hardwood
1970s Vintage Brazilian Seating
Leather, Plywood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Jacaranda
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Seating
Cotton, Wood, Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Seating
Wood, Cotton, Leather
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Fabric
1950s Vintage Brazilian Seating
Iron
1970s Vintage Brazilian Seating
Steel
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Velvet, Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Fabric, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Leather, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Seating
Steel
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Seating
Leather, Wood
1960s Vintage Brazilian Seating
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Brazilian Seating
Fabric, Hardwood
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Seating
Leather, Rosewood
1950s Vintage Brazilian Seating
Upholstery, Jacaranda
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Brazilian Seating
Fabric, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Brazilian Seating
Fabric, Hardwood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Seating
Fabric, Plywood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Brazilian Seating
Fabric, Hardwood
2010s Brazilian Seating
Upholstery, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Leather, Hardwood
1960s Vintage Brazilian Seating
Leather, Jacaranda
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Seating
Leather
2010s Brazilian Seating
Hardwood
2010s Brazilian Seating
Cane, Walnut
2010s Brazilian Seating
Upholstery, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Metal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Metal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Metal
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Seating
Wool, Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Leather, Cane, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Metal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Velvet, Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Seating
Velvet
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Seating
Wool, Wood
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Seating
Leather, Wood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Seating
Fabric, Wood
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