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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 NiemeyerSergio Rodrigues and José Zanine Caldas as well as such European immigrants as Joaquim TenreiroJean 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 rosewoodjacaranda 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 chairssofastables and more.

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Color:  Blue
Place of Origin: Brazilian
"Lina" Sofa Minimalist Style in Blue Velvet and Pau Ferro Brazilian Wood
By Alessandra Delgado
Located in Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo
Alessandra Delgado is passionate about Lina Bo Bardi architectural work, including the project for the Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo - MASP and its structural pillars that seems to hold the building itself in thin air. The use of fine woodwork...
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2010s Modern Brazilian Sofas

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Velvet, Walnut

Jaguaribe Couch
By Sergio Matos
Located in Campina Grande, Paraiba
Materials: Aluminum, upholstery, fabric and naval rope. Dimensions: 157 cm wide x 75 cm deep x 90 cm high.    
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21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Sofas

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Aluminum

Blue PK9 Sofa, Seat & Lamp Hybrid, Handmade Metal Structure by Paulo Kobylka
By Paulo Kobylka
Located in Londrina, Paraná
The idea of PK9 sofa came during a renovation project of a clinic. The project had as premise to transform the environment with just a few interventions, with ...
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2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Sofas

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Steel

Handmade Blue PK7 Sofa, Carbon Steel Structure and Metal Mesh by Paulo Kobylka
By Paulo Kobylka
Located in Londrina, Paraná
The main inspiration for PK7 sofa comes from standard metal structures used for secondary architectural projects. This project transforms industrial profiles and wired mesh, usually...
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21st Century and Contemporary Industrial Brazilian Sofas

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Steel

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