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.
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Furniture
Pine
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Furniture
Leather, Hardwood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Furniture
Rosewood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Furniture
Fabric, Wood
2010s Brazilian Furniture
Crystal, Quartz, Rock Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Furniture
Brass
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Furniture
Aluminum
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Furniture
Fiberglass
2010s Art Deco Brazilian Furniture
Crystal, Quartz, Metal, Other
1960s Brutalist Vintage Brazilian Furniture
Leather, Teak
2010s Brutalist Brazilian Furniture
Brass
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Furniture
Upholstery, Wood
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Travertine, Aluminum
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Crystal, Metal
1950s Vintage Brazilian Furniture
Formica, Jacaranda
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Furniture
Leather, Rosewood
2010s Organic Modern Brazilian Furniture
Aluminum
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Leather
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Furniture
Marble
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Furniture
Cane, Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Furniture
Wood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Furniture
Linen, Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Furniture
Iron
2010s Minimalist Brazilian Furniture
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Furniture
Metal
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Furniture
Velvet, Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Furniture
Steel
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Bronze
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Furniture
Brass
2010s International Style Brazilian Furniture
Leather
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Furniture
Faux Leather, Hardwood
2010s Brazilian Furniture
Crystal, Quartz, Rock Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Furniture
Sheepskin, Wool
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Furniture
Brass, Stainless Steel
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Furniture
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Furniture
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Furniture
Wood, Fiberglass
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Multi-gemstone
20th Century Brazilian Furniture
Cowhide, Wood
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Furniture
Steel
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Furniture
Bouclé, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Furniture
Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Furniture
Rosewood
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Stone, Crystal, Other
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Furniture
Upholstery, Wood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Furniture
Brass, Iron
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Furniture
Hardwood, Cork
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Furniture
Fabric, Hardwood
15th Century and Earlier Antique Brazilian Furniture
Crystal, Quartz, Rock Crystal
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Brass
2010s Modern Brazilian Furniture
Stone
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Furniture
Hardwood, Linen
1970s Vintage Brazilian Furniture
Fruitwood
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Brazilian Furniture
Paper
1950s Vintage Brazilian Furniture
Cotton, Velvet, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Furniture
Leather, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Furniture
Glass, Hardwood





