Brazilian Textiles
BRAZILIAN FURNITURE
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.
Find a collection of vintage Brazilian furniture on 1stDibs that includes chairs, sofas, tables and more.
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Place of Origin: Brazilian
Brazilian Handcrafted Leather Throw Pillows
By Luhome
Located in Boston, MA
Leather pillows with or without fringes. Black, white, and off white.
Category
2010s Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Leather
Silk Cushion Nut Brown by Bossa Home Collection, 2025
By Bossa Home Collection
Located in New York, NY
In the research for the best materials, we rediscovered silk, a product of the life cycle of the silk cocoon. Silk spread worldwide and became a staple. It crossed continents, oceans...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Upholstery, Feathers, Silk
Silk Cushion Castanho by Bossa Home Collection, 2025
By Bossa Home Collection
Located in New York, NY
In the research for the best materials, we rediscovered silk, a product of the life cycle of the silk cocoon. Silk spread worldwide and became a staple. It crossed continents, oceans...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Upholstery, Feathers, Silk
Pirarucu Leather Cushion Black by Bossa Home Collection, 2025
By Bossa Home Collection
Located in New York, NY
Pirarucu leather brings new life to one of the Amazon’s most emblematic fish. Traditionally valued for its meat, the pirarucu’s skin was often discard...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Leather
Pirarucu Leather Cushion Seal Brown by Bossa Home Collection, 2025
By Bossa Home Collection
Located in New York, NY
Pirarucu leather brings new life to one of the Amazon’s most emblematic fish. Traditionally valued for its meat, the pirarucu’s skin was often discarded. Today, it is transformed int...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Leather
Silk Cushion Verde by Bossa Home Collection, 2025
By Bossa Home Collection
Located in New York, NY
In the research for the best materials, we rediscovered silk, a product of the life cycle of the silk cocoon. Silk spread worldwide and became a staple. It crossed continents, oceans...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Upholstery, Feathers, Silk
Silk Cushion Castanha by Bossa Home Collection, 2023
By Bossa Home Collection
Located in New York, NY
Taboa is meticulously handwoven using oversized organiz silk yarn, jute, and cotton, resulting in an exceptionally soft, textured material of exquisite quality. The fabric boasts a h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Upholstery, Silk
Silk Cushion Macadâmia by Bossa Home Collection, 2023
By Bossa Home Collection
Located in New York, NY
Taboa is meticulously handwoven using oversized organiz silk yarn, jute, and cotton, resulting in an exceptionally soft, textured material of exquisite quality. The fabric boasts a h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Upholstery, Silk
Silk Cushion Castanho by Bossa Home Collection, 2025
By Bossa Home Collection
Located in New York, NY
In the research for the best materials, we rediscovered silk, a product of the life cycle of the silk cocoon. Silk spread worldwide and became a staple. It crossed continents, oceans...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Upholstery, Feathers, Silk
Pirarucu Leather Cushion Nut-Brown by Bossa Home Collection , 2025
By Bossa Home Collection
Located in New York, NY
Pirarucu leather brings new life to one of the Amazon’s most emblematic fish. Traditionally valued for its meat, the pirarucu’s skin was often discarded. Today, it is transformed int...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Leather
Pirarucu Leather Cushion Green by Bossa Home Collection, 2025
By Bossa Home Collection
Located in New York, NY
Pirarucu leather brings new life to one of the Amazon’s most emblematic fish. Traditionally valued for its meat, the pirarucu’s skin was often discard...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Leather
Pirarucu Leather Cushion Nut-Brown by Bossa Home Collection, 2025
By Bossa Home Collection
Located in New York, NY
Pirarucu leather brings new life to one of the Amazon’s most emblematic fish. Traditionally valued for its meat, the pirarucu’s skin was often discard...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Leather
Silk Cushion Rustic x Indigo by Bossa Home Collection, 2025
By Bossa Home Collection
Located in New York, NY
In the research for the best materials, we rediscovered silk, a product of the life cycle of the silk cocoon. Silk spread worldwide and became a staple. It crossed continents, oceans...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Upholstery, Feathers, Silk
Pirarucu Leather Cushion Caramelo by Bossa Home Collection, 2025
By Bossa Home Collection
Located in New York, NY
Pirarucu leather brings new life to one of the Amazon’s most emblematic fish. Traditionally valued for its meat, the pirarucu’s skin was often discard...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Leather
Pirarucu Leather Cushion Off White by Bossa Home Collection, 2025
By Bossa Home Collection
Located in New York, NY
Pirarucu leather brings new life to one of the Amazon’s most emblematic fish. Traditionally valued for its meat, the pirarucu’s skin was often discard...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Leather
Silk Cushion Cupuaçu by Bossa Home Collection, 2023
By Bossa Home Collection
Located in New York, NY
Taboa is meticulously handwoven using oversized organic silk yarn, jute, and cotton, resulting in an exceptionally soft, textured material of exquisite quality. The fabric boasts a h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Upholstery, Silk
Silk Cushion Eucalypto by Bossa Home Collection, 2025
By Bossa Home Collection
Located in New York, NY
In the research for the best materials, we rediscovered silk, a product of the life cycle of the silk cocoon. Silk spread worldwide and became a staple. It crossed continents, oceans...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Upholstery, Feathers, Silk
Silk Cushion Nut Brown by Bossa Home Collection, 2025
By Bossa Home Collection
Located in New York, NY
In the research for the best materials, we rediscovered silk, a product of the life cycle of the silk cocoon. Silk spread worldwide and became a staple. It
crossed continents, oceans...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Upholstery, Feathers, Silk
Silk Cushion Rustic x Indigo by Bossa Home Collection, 2025
By Bossa Home Collection
Located in New York, NY
In the research for the best materials, we rediscovered silk, a product of the life cycle of the silk cocoon. Silk spread worldwide and became a staple. It crossed continents, oceans...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Upholstery, Feathers, Silk
Silk Cushion Off White by Bossa Home Collection, 2025
By Bossa Home Collection
Located in New York, NY
In the research for the best materials, we rediscovered silk, a product of the life cycle of the silk cocoon. Silk spread worldwide and became a staple. It crossed continents, oceans...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Upholstery, Feathers, Silk
Silk Cushion Pine by Bossa Home Collection, 2025
By Bossa Home Collection
Located in New York, NY
In the research for the best materials, we rediscovered silk, a product of the life cycle of the silk cocoon. Silk spread worldwide and became a staple. It crossed continents, oceans...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Upholstery, Feathers, Silk
Silk Cushion Off White by Bossa Home Collection, 2025
By Bossa Home Collection
Located in New York, NY
In the research for the best materials, we rediscovered silk, a product of the life cycle of the silk cocoon. Silk spread worldwide and became a staple. It crossed continents, oceans...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Upholstery, Feathers, Silk
Silk Cushion Eucalypto by Bossa Home Collection, 2025
By Bossa Home Collection
Located in New York, NY
In the research for the best materials, we rediscovered silk, a product of the life cycle of the silk cocoon. Silk spread worldwide and became a staple. It crossed continents, oceans...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Upholstery, Feathers, Silk
Silk Cushion Pine by Bossa Home Collection, 2025
By Bossa Home Collection
Located in New York, NY
In the research for the best materials, we rediscovered silk, a product of the life cycle of the silk cocoon. Silk spread worldwide and became a staple. It crossed continents, oceans...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Upholstery, Feathers, Silk
Silk Cushion Cupuaçu by Bossa Home Collection, 2023
By Bossa Home Collection
Located in New York, NY
Taboa is meticulously handwoven using oversized organic silk yarn, jute, and cotton, resulting in an exceptionally soft, textured material of exquisite quality. The fabric boasts a h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Upholstery, Silk
Silk Cushion Nozes by Bossa Home Collection, 2023
By Bossa Home Collection
Located in New York, NY
Taboa is meticulously handwoven using oversized organiz silk yarn, jute, and cotton, resulting in an exceptionally soft, textured material of exquisite quality. The fabric boasts a h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Upholstery, Silk
Silk Cushion Nozes by Bossa Home Collection, 2023
By Bossa Home Collection
Located in New York, NY
Taboa is meticulously handwoven using oversized organiz silk yarn, jute, and cotton, resulting in an exceptionally soft, textured material of exquisite quality. The fabric boasts a h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Upholstery, Silk
Silk Cushion Macadâmia by Bossa Home Collection, 2023
By Bossa Home Collection
Located in New York, NY
Taboa is meticulously handwoven using oversized organiz silk yarn, jute, and cotton, resulting in an exceptionally soft, textured material of exquisite quality. The fabric boasts a h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Upholstery, Silk
Silk Cushion Castanha by Bossa Home Collection, 2023
By Bossa Home Collection
Located in New York, NY
Taboa is meticulously handwoven using oversized organiz silk yarn, jute, and cotton, resulting in an exceptionally soft, textured material of exquisite quality. The fabric boasts a h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Upholstery, Silk
Pirarucu Leather Cushion Caramelo by Bossa Home Collection, 2025
By Bossa Home Collection
Located in New York, NY
Pirarucu leather brings new life to one of the Amazon’s most emblematic fish. Traditionally valued for its meat, the pirarucu’s skin was often discard...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Leather
Pirarucu Leather Cushion Black by Bossa Home Collection, 2025
By Bossa Home Collection
Located in New York, NY
Pirarucu leather brings new life to one of the Amazon’s most emblematic fish. Traditionally valued for its meat, the pirarucu’s skin was often discard...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Leather
Pirarucu Leather Cushion Off White by Bossa Home Collection, 2025
By Bossa Home Collection
Located in New York, NY
Pirarucu leather brings new life to one of the Amazon’s most emblematic fish. Traditionally valued for its meat, the pirarucu’s skin was often discard...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Leather
Pirarucu Leather Cushion Nut-Brown by Bossa Home Collection, 2025
By Bossa Home Collection
Located in New York, NY
Pirarucu leather brings new life to one of the Amazon’s most emblematic fish. Traditionally valued for its meat, the pirarucu’s skin was often discard...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Leather
Pirarucu Leather Cushion Nut-Brown by Bossa Home Collection , 2025
By Bossa Home Collection
Located in New York, NY
Pirarucu leather brings new life to one of the Amazon’s most emblematic fish. Traditionally valued for its meat, the pirarucu’s skin was often discard...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Leather
Pirarucu Leather Cushion Nut Brown by Bossa Home Collection, 2025
By Bossa Home Collection
Located in New York, NY
Pirarucu leather brings new life to one of the Amazon’s most emblematic fish. Traditionally valued for its meat, the pirarucu’s skin was often discarded. Today, it is transformed int...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Textiles
Materials
Leather
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