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Brazilian Side Tables

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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Place of Origin: Brazilian
Creator: Joaquim Tenreiro
Joaquim Tenreiro, Side Table, Brazil, 1950
By Joaquim Tenreiro
Located in Barcelona, ES
Joaquim Tenreiro (1906–1992) Side table Manufactured by Tenreiro Moveis e Decoraçoes Brazil, 1950 Caviuna, Formica Measurements 78 cm diameter x 41 height cm 30.7 in diame...
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1950s Vintage Brazilian Side Tables

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Formica, Wood

Mid-Century Modern Pair of Side Tables by Joaquim Tenreiro, Brazil, 1960s
By Joaquim Tenreiro
Located in Deerfield Beach, FL
Mid-Century Modern Pair of Side Tables by Joaquim Tenreiro, Brazil, 1960s Side tables designed by the renowned Brazilian designer, Joaquim Tenreiro, crafted during the mid-20th cent...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Side Tables

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Joaquim Tenreiro, Bedside Table, 1947
By Joaquim Tenreiro
Located in PARIS, FR
This bedside table stands on four tapered square legs and has a drawer with a wooden handle on the front. With perfect cubic geometry, Tenreiro plays on simplicity here. His great...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Side Tables

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Wood

Joaquim Tenreiro Side Table, Brazil, 1950
By Joaquim Tenreiro
Located in Barcelona, ES
Joaquim Tenreiro Side table Manufactured by Tenreiro Moveis e Decoraçoes Brazil, 1950 Jacaranda, glass From the archives of Side Gallery, Barcelona Measurements 75 cm x 50...
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1950s Vintage Brazilian Side Tables

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Glass, Jacaranda

Pair of Joaquim Tenreiro Side Tables
By Joaquim Tenreiro
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Pair of Joaquim Tenreiro side tables A pair of Joaquim Tenriero side tables in ivory wood with glass top. There is a lower single shelf and a single drawer at the top. Exceptionally...
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1950s Vintage Brazilian Side Tables

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