Mid-Century Modern Broyhill Brasilia 6140-1645 Round Pedestal Base Dining Table

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Mid-Century Modern Broyhill Brasilia 6140-1645 Round Pedestal Base Dining Table

About the Item

Absolutely wonderful Mid-Century Modern 6140-45 walnut dining table with three 12-inch leaves from the Brasilia collection by Broyhill Premier. This table is in very good condition. We even have its set of table pads. If you are looking for a blow-your-mind Mid-Century Modern dining table, look no further. Here is what you have been looking for, this beautiful round walnut table by Broyhill Premier from their famously and fabulously collectible Brasilia collection. It consists of a gorgeous 44-inch round top, split in the middle to accept three 12-inch leaves (which then, obviously makes it an oval table!), which sits atop the oh so architectural pedestal base. We are not sure why but one of the leaves has an apron to match the apron on the table but the other two leaves do not. There are things that make us feel the top of the table has been refinished; one, it seems to have a catalyzed finish on it which would not have been available at the time the table was made and; two, there is a small round dark spot on the top that seems to be under the finish. The architectural look of this table is not an accident. The Brasilia collection was introduced at the Seattle World’s Fair in 1962 and drew its inspiration from the architecture of the new and majestic Capital of Brazil, Brasilia. The brochure for Brasilia by Broyhill Premier says……..”Brasilia…the city…by its daring and beauty has revolutionized architecture and opened vast new horizons of design. From this inspired dream, Broyhill Premier drew inspiration for the furniture grouping which bears the Fine young name: BRASILIA.” This is just one of several pieces we have listed or will soon. This grand table should be yours! Table: Height – 30 inches, diameter – 44 inches, length with leaves – 80 inches. Weight – 111.6 pounds. Crated size: Height – 40.5 inches, width – 50 inches, depth – 50 inches. Weight – 240 pounds.

Creator:
Broyhill Brasilia (Manufacturer)
Dimensions:
Height: 30 in (76.2 cm)Diameter: 44 in (111.76 cm)
Style:
Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Walnut
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
Mid-20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1962
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. Note the dark spont on top otherwise flawless.
Seller Location:
Topeka, KS
Reference Number:
Seller: 414-TBL-0321stDibs: LU187336229053

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Broyhill Brasilia

No other American mid-century furniture line has become as synonymous with a certain type of curvilinear decoration as Broyhill’s Brasilia group. While its revered cabinets, dressers, dining chairs and more were made in the United States, the inspiration for the distinguishing characteristics of vintage Broyhill Brasilia furniture can actually be found in Latin American architecture.

Broyhill Furniture Industries was launched in Lenoir, North Carolina by brothers Thomas H. and James Edgar “Ed” Broyhill. Ed had been working for his brother’s furniture manufacturing company, the Lenoir Furniture Corporation, which produced bedroom furnishings in the 1920s, when a nearby supplier’s factory, Bernhardt Chair Company, burned in a fire.

Ed founded Lenoir Chair Company and expanded its operations while remaining an employee at Lenoir Furniture Corporation. He subsequently partnered with Thomas and together they purchased Harper Furniture Company, a local producer of Colonial Revival-style furniture, in 1929.

By the 1940s, Broyhill Furniture Industries had absorbed more factories and gained footing as a strong competitor of Lenoir’s Kent-Coffey Manufacturing Company and a rebuilt Bernhardt Furniture.

In the mid-1950s, responding to changing tastes and to an appetite for what is now universally known as mid-century modern furnishings, the firm launched its Broyhill Premier line with the Sculptra series. Sculptra pieces featured a square-within-a-square motif and horizontal cat’s-eye-shaped drawer pulls. Later, in 1962, the Broyhill Brasilia furniture group debuted at the Seattle World’s Fair. The collection was heavily inspired by Oscar Niemeyer’s modernist buildings for the eponymous Brazilian capital.

Designed and built by Niemeyer between 1956 and 1960, the modernist architecture of Brasília’s state capitol buildings has since taken on iconic status. The elegant curves of Niemeyer's works — those that characterize the white concrete structures that encase Palácio do Planalto in addition to the fluid inverted arches of the Supreme Federal Court Building — can be seen in the pronounced decorative elements that adorn the Broyhill Brasilia group’s sleek walnut highboy dressers, specifically in their striking brass drawer-pull arches and carved moldings. While considerably popular during the 1960s, the production of the Brasilia line — with its beloved two-tiered bedside tables and tasteful credenzas — was discontinued in 1970.

On 1stDibs, browse vintage mid-century Broyhill Brasilia furniture, such as its walnut dressers, dining chairs, case pieces and more.