Brazilian Tables
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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21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Tables
Concrete, Steel
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Metal
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Tables
Leather
2010s International Style Brazilian Tables
Wood
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Tables
Wood
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Tables
Wood
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Tables
Steel, Stainless Steel
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tables
Concrete
2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Leather, Wood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tables
Concrete
2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Bronze
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Tables
Hardwood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tables
Metal
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tables
Glass, Imbuia
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Tables
Concrete, Steel
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Tables
Other
2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Metal
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tables
Glass, Mahogany
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tables
Metal
2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Onyx, Bronze
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tables
Rosewood
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Tables
Stone, Steel
20th Century Brazilian Tables
Wood
2010s Minimalist Brazilian Tables
Wood, Plywood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Tables
Metal
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tables
Wood
2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Marble, Bronze
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tables
Mahogany, Rosewood, Walnut
20th Century Brazilian Tables
Reclaimed Wood
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Tables
Other
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tables
Concrete
1960s Organic Modern Vintage Brazilian Tables
Driftwood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tables
Rosewood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tables
Hardwood
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Tables
Wood
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Tables
Steel
2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Agate, Bronze
2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Onyx, Bronze
2010s Brazilian Tables
Wood
2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Metal
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tables
Glass, Hardwood
2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Onyx, Bronze
2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Tables
Iron
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Tables
Steel
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Tables
Glass
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Tables
Glass
2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Marble, Bronze
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Tables
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Tables
Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tables
Wood
2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Onyx, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Tables
Concrete, Steel
2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Marble, Bronze
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Tables
Granite, Steel, Stainless Steel
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Tables
Wood
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Tables
Concrete, Steel
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tables
Rosewood