Brazilian Caviuna
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Brass
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Leather, Hardwood
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Leather, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Velvet
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Linen, Wood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Club Chairs
Chrome
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Wood
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Leather
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Modern Armchairs
Wood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Wood
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Ceramic, Wood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Marble, Brass
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Glass
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Linen, Rosewood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Iron
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Wood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Linen, Rosewood
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Glass, Wood, Hardwood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Jacaranda
Brazilian Sideboards
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Shelves and Wall Cabinets
Sheffield Plate
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Modern Armchairs
Fabric
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Velvet, Wood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Fabric, Walnut
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Credenzas
Brass
Vintage 1930s Brazilian Art Deco Armchairs
Wood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Metal
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Benches
Rosewood
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Modern Sofas
Velvet, Wood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Rosewood
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Rosewood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Buffets
Brass
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ceramic, Hardwood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Wood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Acrylic, Hardwood
Vintage 1970s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Leather, Foam, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Formica, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Cane, Glass, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Glass
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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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