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Percival Lafer Smoked Glass Top Rosewood Base 3-Piece End Table Coffee Table Set

Name: Percival Lafer Smoked Glass Top Rosewood Base 3-Piece End Table Coffee Table Set
Brand: Percival Lafer
Price: 2995 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

Very good condition Mid-Century Modern Percival Lafer end table and coffee table set. Vintage 1970s. Stamped "Made in Brazil" on each piece. Sculpted solid Brazilian rosewood base with deep rich, red patina. The smoked glass looks great and only has a few faint scratches (see pics). The frames are tastefully complimented by the chrome metal hardware. The lower height perfectly compliments vintage Danish sofas. Frames have been professionally detailed top to bottom. (2) End tables: 23.5" deep x 22.5" wide x 13.25" high (1) Coffee table: 50" long x 23.5" deep x 13.25" high.

Creator:

Percival Lafer (Designer)

Dimensions:

Height: 13.25 in (33.66 cm)Width: 50 in (127 cm)Depth: 23.5 in (59.69 cm)

Sold As:

Set of 3

Style:

Mid-Century Modern (In the Style Of)

Materials and Techniques:

Rosewood,Smoked Glass

Place of Origin:

Brazil

Period:

1970-1979

Date of Manufacture:

1970s

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use. Very good overall condition. Rosewood frames have only minor imperfections. Very faint scratches on glass (see pics). Detailed top to bottom.

Seller Location:

Chattanooga, TN

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU2255333379752

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Percival Lafer

When it comes to mid-century furniture, the innovative work of the Brazilian Modernists has often been overlooked, including the designs of prolific maker Percival Lafer. Lafer studied architecture at São Paulo’s Universidade Mackenzie. After he graduated, his father passed away suddenly, leaving a furniture business that Lafer took over with his brothers.

Taking up the mantle, Lafer made the jump from architecture to furniture design in 1961, putting a focus on thoughtfully designed pieces available at affordable prices. That year, he introduced his supremely popular MP-1 chair, a plush piece of furniture made with iron and wood that he has riffed on throughout his entire career. The silhouettes of his lounge chairs, armchairs and other seating were distinct from streamlined American and European mid-century modernism, taking on casual, puffed forms thanks to his use of polyurethane layers as padding. He combined such contemporary industrial materials with local natural ones, namely Brazilian hardwoods, which delighted customers around the world as Lafer became one of the country’s leading exporters of furniture.

Lafer has continued to design furniture throughout his career, branching into sofas, tables and lighting. He was at the forefront of mechanical furniture movements, debuting the MP-7 sofa, which could turn into a twin bed, in 1965, the first such piece on the market. One of his most intriguing projects was the MP Lafer, a two-seat fiberglass roadster designed to emulate British sports cars. Some 4,300 units were produced over its 16-year manufacturing run in the ’70s and ’80s, with several ending up in the collections of major car museums.

Still, Lafer’s biggest claim to fame is his seating, which he continues to design, drawing inspiration from modern shapes and local materials. In 2017, a retrospective of his work was organized as part of the São Paulo Design Weekend.

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