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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2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Bronze
2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Agate, Bronze
2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Marble, Bronze
2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Bronze
2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Marble, Bronze
2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Agate, Bronze
2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Marble, Bronze
2010s International Style Brazilian Tables
Marble
2010s International Style Brazilian Tables
Granite
2010s International Style Brazilian Tables
Marble
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tables
Metal
2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Metal, Stainless Steel
2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Metal, Stainless Steel
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tables
Rosewood
2010s International Style Brazilian Tables
Marble
2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Metal, Stainless Steel
2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Metal, Stainless Steel
2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Granite
2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Wood
2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Granite
2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Granite
20th Century Brazilian Tables
Reclaimed Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Tables
Formica, Wood
2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Metal
Early 2000s Organic Modern Brazilian Tables
Glass, Wood
2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Metal
2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Metal
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tables
Glass, Hardwood
2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Metal
2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Wood
2010s Minimalist Brazilian Tables
Steel
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Tables
Iron
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tables
Rosewood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tables
Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tables
Rosewood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tables
Metal
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tables
Glass, Mahogany
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tables
Mahogany, Rosewood, Walnut
Early 18th Century Antique Brazilian Tables
Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tables
Rosewood
18th Century Antique Brazilian Tables
Wood
20th Century Brazilian Tables
Reclaimed Wood
2010s Scandinavian Modern Brazilian Tables
Hardwood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Tables
Aluminum
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tables
Rosewood, Leather
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tables
Rosewood
Late 17th Century Rustic Antique Brazilian Tables
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Other Brazilian Tables
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Other Brazilian Tables
Glass, Hardwood
2010s International Style Brazilian Tables
Stainless Steel
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tables
Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Tables
20th Century Brazilian Tables
Wood, Hardwood
2010s Brazilian Tables
Wood
2010s Modern Brazilian Tables
Metal
20th Century Brazilian Tables
Wood