Brazilian Caviuna
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Leather
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Steel
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Cabinets
Brass
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Faux Leather, Wood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Glass, Wood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Buffets
Wood, Parchment Paper
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Faux Leather, Wood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Granite
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Armchairs
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Armchairs
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Credenzas
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Chairs
Fabric
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Armchairs
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Steel
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Cabinets
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Sofas
Leather
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Sideboards
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Benches
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Armchairs
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Carts and Bar Carts
Chrome, Steel
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Dressers
Brass
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Benches
Leather
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Gueridon
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Ottomans and Poufs
Leather
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Armchairs
Fabric, Upholstery
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Benches
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Dining Room Tables
Granite
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Fabric
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Side Tables
Glass
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Side Tables
Glass
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Sideboards
Glass
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Dressers
Brass
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Armchairs
Leather
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Tables
Wood
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Benches
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Benches
Leather
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Side Tables
Leather
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Sideboards
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Dining Room Chairs
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Cabinets
Brass
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Cabinets
Brass
Vintage 1960s Brazilian End Tables
Glass
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Console Tables
Bronze
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Lounge Chairs
Leather, Hardwood
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Vintage 1960s Brazilian Club Chairs
Rosewood
Vintage 1960s Brazilian End Tables
Glass
Vintage 1960s Brazilian End Tables
Marble
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Brazilian Caviuna For Sale on 1stDibs
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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