Brazilian Side 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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20th Century Minimalist Brazilian Side Chairs
PVC, Walnut
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Side Chairs
Iron
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Side Chairs
Granite
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Side Chairs
Leather, Rosewood
2010s Minimalist Brazilian Side Chairs
Hardwood
20th Century Minimalist Brazilian Side Chairs
PVC, Walnut
2010s Brazilian Side Chairs
Leather, Upholstery, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Brazilian Side Chairs
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Brazilian Side Chairs
Straw, Wood
2010s Brazilian Side Chairs
Leather, Upholstery, Walnut
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Side Chairs
Linen, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Side Chairs
Fiberglass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Brazilian Side Chairs
Steel
1660s Mid-Century Modern Antique Brazilian Side Chairs
Rosewood, Leather
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Side Chairs
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Brazilian Side Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Brazilian Side Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Brazilian Side Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Brazilian Side Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Brazilian Side Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Brazilian Side Chairs
Steel
20th Century Minimalist Brazilian Side Chairs
PVC, Walnut
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Side Chairs
Wool, Linen, Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Brazilian Side Chairs
Steel
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Side Chairs
Rosewood, Leather
2010s Brazilian Side Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Side Chairs
Wool, Wood
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Brazilian Side Chairs
Jacaranda
1940s Art Deco Vintage Brazilian Side Chairs
Wicker, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Side Chairs
20th Century Minimalist Brazilian Side Chairs
Walnut, PVC
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Side Chairs
Cedar
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Side Chairs
Hardwood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Side Chairs
Chrome
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Side Chairs
Leather, Jacaranda
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Side Chairs
1960s Vintage Brazilian Side Chairs
Rosewood