Brazilian Tapestries
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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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Tapestries
Wool, Jute
Late 20th Century Organic Modern Brazilian Tapestries
Natural Fiber
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Tapestries
Wool
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Tapestries
Wool, Cotton
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Tapestries
Natural Fiber
Late 20th Century Organic Modern Brazilian Tapestries
Natural Fiber
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Tapestries
Textile
Late 20th Century Organic Modern Brazilian Tapestries
Natural Fiber
2010s Rustic Brazilian Tapestries
Wool
1980s Space Age Vintage Brazilian Tapestries
Tapestry
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tapestries
Textile
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Tapestries
Natural Fiber
1960s Space Age Vintage Brazilian Tapestries
Tapestry
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Tapestries
Natural Fiber
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tapestries
Wool
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tapestries
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Late 19th Century Antique Brazilian Tapestries
Wool, Cotton, Silk
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tapestries
Wool, Cord
Mid-19th Century Aubusson Antique Brazilian Tapestries
Tapestry, Wool
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tapestries
Fabric, Wool
1940s Vintage Brazilian Tapestries
Wool, Cotton
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tapestries
Natural Fiber
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Tapestries
Wool
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tapestries
Fabric, Wool
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tapestries
Cotton, Wood, Driftwood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tapestries
Textile
18th Century Antique Brazilian Tapestries
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Tapestries
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Tapestries
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tapestries
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Tapestries
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Tapestries
Wool
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Tapestries
Wool, Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tapestries
Wool
1950s Vintage Brazilian Tapestries
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tapestries
Wool
Early 2000s Modern Brazilian Tapestries
Wool
1980s Modern Vintage Brazilian Tapestries
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Tapestries
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