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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 NiemeyerSergio Rodrigues and José Zanine Caldas as well as such European immigrants as Joaquim TenreiroJean 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 rosewoodjacaranda 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 chairssofastables and more.

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Place of Origin: Brazilian
Sergio Rodrigues Round Wooden Dining Table "Stella" Oca mid-century Brazil 1956
By Oca, Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Barcelona, ES
Sergio Rodrigues (1927-2014) Round dining table model “Stella” Manufactured by Oca Brazil, 1956 Jacaranda wood, brass, iron Measurements 122 cm diameter x 73 height cm 48 in diamet...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Brass, Iron

Brazilian Bar Cart in Rosewood by Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler
By Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler
Located in New York, NY
Designed by Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler, the bar cart is made of Rosewood, Glass, and Steel. Composed of three removable serving trays and steel casters for Forma S/A Móveis e Obj...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Steel

Mid-20th Century Brazilian Bar Cart in Wood Glass
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
This bar cart is a charming representation of mid-20th-century design, a period that witnessed a remarkable evolution in furniture aesthetics, merging functionalism with the emerging...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Glass, Hardwood

Sergio Rodrigues, Tea Trolley "Vertis", c. 1960. Solid wood, white Formica
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in PARIS, FR
Sergio Rodrigues (1927-2014) Tea Trolley "Vertis", circa 1960 Solid wood, white Formica on the trays, and metal wheels Dimensions: 77 x 72 x 43 cm (30.3 x 28.4 x 16.9 in) Designed i...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Metal

Bar Cart by Carlo Hauner Martin Eisler, Solid Caviuna, Formica, Brazil, 1960s
By Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler, Forma Brazil
Located in New York, NY
Restored.
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Wood, Formica

Brazilian Modernist Tea Table Card in Solid Hardwood
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
This tea table cart, a product of mid-20th-century design, encapsulates the essence of the era with its functional form and use of both traditional and modern materials. The designer...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Card Tables and Tea Tables

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