Brazilian Caviuna
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Hardwood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Wood, Silk
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Formica, Wood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Leather, Rosewood
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Credenzas
Hardwood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Fabric, Walnut
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Wood
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Wood
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Hardwood
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Wood, Formica
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Marble
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Cane, Hardwood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Leather, Hardwood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Cane, Wood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Hardwood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Credenzas
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Leather, Wood
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Dining Room Tables
Brass
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Wood, Glass, Cane
20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Hardwood, Bentwood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Cane, Wood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Buffets
Wood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Marble
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Wood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Iron
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Faux Leather, Hardwood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Hardwood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Formica, Hardwood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Credenzas
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Glass, Wood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Glass, Wood
20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Cane, Rosewood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Hardwood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Chaise Longues
Ultrasuede, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Brass
Antique 1650s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Benches
Rosewood
2010s Brazilian Organic Modern Benches
Wood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Credenzas
Wood, Cane
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Upholstery, Wood
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Hardwood
20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Credenzas
Brass
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Textile, Wood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Upholstery, Hardwood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Wood
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How Much is a Brazilian Caviuna?
On the Origins of Brazilian
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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