Brazilian Caviuna
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Rosewood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Rosewood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Rosewood
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Bronze
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Fabric, Wood
Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Linen, Hardwood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Buffets
Cane, Wood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood, Glass, Cut Glass
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Center Tables
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Rosewood
Vintage 1940s Brazilian Club Chairs
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Center Tables
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Center Tables
Wood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Center Tables
Wood, Glass
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Center Tables
Wood, Glass
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Dining Room Tables
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Center Tables
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Cotton Canvas, Rosewood, Upholstery
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Wood, PVC
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Side Chairs
Fabric
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Cabinets
Brass
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Other
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Granite
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Cabinets
Brass
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Credenzas
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Buffets
Brass
Many piec...
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Decorative Objects
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Cabinets
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Cabinets
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Cabinets
Brass
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Dressers
Brass
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Bronze
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Wood, Fabric
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Console Tables
Granite
Vintage 1970s Brazilian Side Tables
Marble
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Sofas
Leather
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Cabinets
Lacquer, Leather
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Side Tables
Granite, Brass
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Sideboards
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Wood
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Sofas
Mohair
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Side Tables
Marble
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Chairs
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Serving Bowls
Rosewood
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Cabinets
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Wood
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Cabinets
Brass
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Bookcases
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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