Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
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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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Brass, Iron
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Glass, Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Steel
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Glass, Wood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Brass, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Formica, Rosewood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
2010s Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Steel
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Wood, Cut Glass, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Steel
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Formica, Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Formica, Hardwood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Formica, Jacaranda, Rosewood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Steel
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Steel
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Formica, Wood
2010s Minimalist Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Wood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Hardwood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
2010s Minimalist Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Formica, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Rosewood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Wood, Formica
2010s Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Glass, Hardwood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Wood, Formica
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Glass, Hardwood
1950s Modern Vintage Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Formica, Wood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Steel
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Steel
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Chrome
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Glass, Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Formica, Rosewood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Chrome
2010s Minimalist Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Formica, Hardwood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Formica, Rosewood
2010s Minimalist Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Formica, Jacaranda, Rosewood