Brazilian Stools
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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1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Stools
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Stools
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Stools
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Brazilian Stools
Fabric, Hardwood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Stools
Imbuia
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Stools
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Faux Leather, Cane, Hardwood, Walnut
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Stools
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Faux Leather, Cane, Hardwood, Walnut
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Stools
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Faux Leather, Cane, Hardwood, Walnut
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Stools
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Faux Leather, Cane, Hardwood, Walnut
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Stools
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Faux Leather, Cane, Hardwood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Brazilian Stools
Hardwood
Early 2000s Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Stools
Cane, Hardwood
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Stools
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Faux Leather, Cane, Hardwood, Walnut
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Stools
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Faux Leather, Cane, Hardwood, Walnut
1960s Vintage Brazilian Stools
Faux Fur, Wood
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Stools
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Faux Leather, Cane, Hardwood, Walnut
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Stools
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Faux Leather, Cane, Hardwood, Walnut
2010s Other Brazilian Stools
Metal
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Stools
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Faux Leather, Cane, Hardwood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Brazilian Stools
Fabric, Hardwood
2010s Modern Brazilian Stools
Leather, Textile, Cane, Wood, Hardwood
2010s International Style Brazilian Stools
Hardwood
2010s International Style Brazilian Stools
Hardwood
1960s International Style Vintage Brazilian Stools
Wood
2010s Brazilian Stools
Fabric
2010s Brazilian Stools
Fabric
2010s Brazilian Stools
Fabric
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Stools
Wood, Hardwood
2010s Brazilian Stools
Fabric
2010s Brazilian Stools
Fabric
2010s Brazilian Stools
Upholstery, Hardwood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Stools
Rosewood
2010s Brazilian Stools
Brass
1960s Brutalist Vintage Brazilian Stools
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Brazilian Stools
Hardwood
2010s Brazilian Stools
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood, Teak
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Stools
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Brazilian Stools
Fabric, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Other Brazilian Stools
Papercord, Hardwood
2010s Brazilian Stools
Aluminum
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Stools
Hardwood
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Stools
Jacaranda, Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Other Brazilian Stools
Papercord, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Other Brazilian Stools
Papercord, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Stools
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Stools
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Brazilian Stools
Fabric, Hardwood
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Stools
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Brazilian Stools
Fabric, Hardwood
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Stools
Plywood
Early 2000s Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Stools
Hardwood
2010s Modern Brazilian Stools
Bronze
2010s Modern Brazilian Stools
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Brazilian Stools
Hardwood
2010s Modern Brazilian Stools
Bronze
2010s Modern Brazilian Stools
Bronze
2010s Modern Brazilian Stools
Bronze
2010s Modern Brazilian Stools
Iron
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