José Zanine Caldas Furniture

A chaise longue designed by José Zanine Caldas for Mòveis Artísticos Z, Brazil, in 1949. It features marina plywood, cord, and fabric. Present example was exhibited in Galería Mi...

A lounge chair designed by José Zanine Caldas for Mòveis Artísticos Z, Brazil, in 1949. It features Imbuia plywood, brass, and black-dyed leather w...

José Zanine Caldas, coffee table, Brazilian hardwood (pequi), Brazil, 1970s This exceptional hand carved coffee table embodies everything th...

José Zanine Caldas, unique dining table 'Denuncia', Brazilian hardwood, Brazil, 1970s This remarkable hand-carved table is the handiwork of the Brazilian artist José Zanine Caldas....

José Zanine Caldas, console, Brazilian hardwood, Brazil, 1980s This exceptional hand carved console embodies everything that José Zanine Caldas stood for: love of nature and especia...

This exquisite dining table, designed by Jose Zanine Caldas in the 1970s, is a testament to true craftsmanship and natural beauty. Made entirely from solid Pequi wood- a species nati...

The "Zeca" chair was created in the early 1960s by a Brazilian designer José Zanine Caldas (1918-2001) for Móveis Artísticos Z, a factory he founded in São José dos Campos in 1948. T...

José Zanine Caldas, hand-sculpted chair, model ‘Pilão’, Brazilian hardwood, Brazil, 1975 This exquisite hand-carved chair exemplifies the core principles embodied by José Zanine Cal...

A pair of Pau Marfim wood and brown beige mohair "Kid" armchairs designed by José Zanine Caldas and produced by Móveis Artisticos Z, Brazil, 1950s. 17” seat height

Available right now, this Brazilian Modern armchair in wood & faux leather by Jose Zanine Caldas, in the fifties decade is gorgeous! The Z armchair, crafted from solid ivory wood or...

A lounge chair designed by José Zanine Caldas for Mòveis Artísticos Z, Brazil, in 1949. It features Imbuia plywood, brass, and black-dyed leather webbing.  

Available right now, this Brazilian Modern Chaise designed by Jose Zanine Caldas for Moveis Z is nothing less than spectacular. Designed in 1949 , this sleek chaise longe crafted fr...

Mid-Century Modern Pair of 'N' Lounge Chairs by Zanine Caldas, 1960s Pair of armchairs in solid wood, upholstered in fabric.

"Namoradeira" double rocker by José Zanine Caldas, a remarkable two-seater chair, meticulously crafted from a single, massive piece of reclaimed Pequi wood. Designed circa 1975 and p...

Low table designed by José Zanine Caldas. Circa 1970s. This table was integrated with the architectural columns of the Zanine Caldas in Bahia. The pillar was passed through the cente...

These remarkable lounge chairs, designed by renowned Brazilian architect and designer José Zanine Caldas in the 1970s, exemplifies his mastery of organic minimalism and innovative cr...

A Brazilian hardwood armchair by José Zanine Caldas with paddle arms and his signature angular lines. The wood has been refinished and is in excellent condition. The upholstery is i...

Bar cabinet by Jose Zanine Caldas Brazil, 1950s. Manufactured by Mo´veis Arti´sticos Z. Original manufacturer's paper label. Marine plywood. Measure...

Low Table Sculpted by Jose Zanine Caldas. Brazilian hardwood, Brazil, 1970s. This remarkable hand-carved table is the handiwork of the Brazilian artist José Zanine Caldas. When Zani...

Exceptional find on the market : a very rare Namoradeira chair in solid cedar wood. The official certificate from Euclides Zanine Caldas Neto is included. Hand-crafted from a single...

José Zanine Caldas' 1979 dining table is a striking example of his signature style, blending raw natural materials with organic forms. Crafted from wood and tempered glass, the table...

This set of two lightweight armchairs by José Zanine Caldas exemplifies his mastery of form and material. Constructed with two precision-cut plywood pieces screwed to the seat and ba...

Jose Zanine Caldas (1919-2001) was a self-taught artist, designer, and architect, born in Bahia, Brazil. At age twenty, he opened an architectural scale model workshop in Rio de Jane...

A rare and exceptional piece from the early phase of architect and designer Jose Zanine Caldas: this bookshelf not only offers different arrangement and combination options for its s...

This stunning coffee table, designed by José Zanine Caldas in the 1970s, is a masterwork of Brazilian modernist design. Crafted from tropical wood with a richly textured live edge, t...

Dining table designed by José Zanine Caldas in 1970s. The original glass top and Brazilian solid hard wood legs. This individual was exhibited at the exhibition "Viva Zanine Brasil...

José Zanine Caldas for Móveis Artísticos Z factory, high back lounge chair, reupholstered in green mohair, lacquered wood, Brazil, circa 1950 This armchair is designed by the estee...

A chest by José Zanine Caldas from the Denouncia period, 1970. Carved from a single-piece tree trunk, the body and lid have been hollowed out to reveal the wood grain. A piece of w...

The Hotel Chair by José Zanine Caldas (1919–2001) is a timeless piece designed in the 1980s for a hotel in Serra Capixaba, Brazil. Originally crafted usin...

Hand-sculpted chair by José Zanine Caldas, Circa 1970s. This chair was made of Brazilian hard wood. Signed "Zanine". A self-taught designer, José Zanine Caldas is known to transform wood into magnificently sensual pieces. In 1964, when Brazil was undergoing a military coup, he lost his position at the University of Brasilia and took refuge in the beach town of Nova Viçosa. There he faced the destruction of the Atlantic Forest. Inspired by local craftsmen who carved boats and furniture from fallen trees, he began carving solid furniture...

This beloved José Zanine Caldas lounge chair from the “Linha Z” or “Z Line” is an exceptional example of Brazilian design of the 1950s. The design dates to 1949, The woven leather straps and the organic shape is unmatched. This chair model is made of plywood and features a distinctive shape, distinguished by its legs. The legs and arms are connected and form one unit and their shape inspired the name of the line, “Linea Z...

Available today, with domestic shipping in the NYC metro area included, this Brazilian Modern “Z” Armchair in Hardwood and Boucle, Jose Zanine Caldas, c. 1950s, is nothing less than ...

This characteristic “Zeca” armchair was designed by the pioneering Brazilian designer, Jose Zanine Caldas. Made of solid wood, this armchair was named af...

Available right now, this Brazilian Modern armchair in wood & mint faux leather by Jose Zanine Caldas, in the fifties decade is gorgeous! This Brazilian Modern rarity consists of ...

A pair of green velvet and pau marfim wood "Kid" lounge chairs designed by José Zanine Caldas and produced by Móveis Artisticos Z, Brazil, 1950s. 17“ seat height

This rare and striking set, crafted by Brazilian designer José Zanine Caldas in the 1970s, features two sculptural lounge chairs and a stunning coffee table made from richly grained ...

Original Condition

Pair of armchairs by Zanine Caldas. Brazil, 1950s. Wood, fabric upholstery. Measures: 46 × 50 × H 74 cm, 18 × 20 × H 29 in. Please note: Prices do not include VAT. VAT may be appl...

Mid-Century Modern Cabinet by Zanine Caldas, Brazil, 1950s Cabinet by the acclaimed Brazilian designer José Zanine Caldas, manufactured in the 1950s. Meticulously handcrafted, this ...

This wooden shelf is a fine example of Brazilian design from the mid-20th century, by Zanine Caldas, who was known for his use of organic materials and innovative approaches to woodw...

JOSE ZANINE DE CALDAS (1919-2001). Pair of armchairs model “H.” Manufactured by Moveis Artísticos Z. Brazil, 1949. Marine plywood, fabric upholstery. Measuremenents 58 cm x 50 cm x 80 H cm. Literature: Habitat, nº9, Sao Paulo 1952. José Zanine Caldas (Belmonte, Bahia, 1918 - Vitória, Espírito Santo, 2001) was an architect and designer. Caldas stands out on the national architecture in Brazil for his exploration of the constructive qualities of Brazilian woods, defining his work with a warm rustic ambience, working on both high-end residential projects and also popular constructions. Never actually training as an architect, he starting working in the 1940s as a designer at Severo & Villares and as a member of the National Artistic Historical Heritage Service (Sphan). He opens a maquet studio in Rio de Janeiro, where he worked between 1941 and 1948, and, at the suggestion of Oswaldo Bratke (1907-1997), moved the studio to São Paulo, from 1949 to 1955. The studio served important modern architects of the two cities, and was responsible for most of the models presented in the book Modern Architecture in Brazil, 1956, by Henrique E. Mindlin (1911-1971).. During the 1940s, he also began developing and researching at the Institute of Technological Research of the University of São Paulo (IPT/USP), and was first introduced to plywood. In 1949, he founded the Fábrica Móveis Artísticos Z, with the objective of producing large-scale industrialized furniture, good quaility and afforable, the furniture was to be materialized using plywood sheets. This method minimized material waste and the need for artisan skills, as the parts were mechanically produced and the use of labor was only needed for the assembling of the furniture. His time at Móveis Artísticos Z, in 1953 was rather short lived and left the company in 1953 and instead worked on landscape projects until 1958 in São Paulo, when he moved to Brasília, where he built his first house, also in 1958, and coordinated the construction of others until 1964. Appointed by Rocha Miranda to Darcy Ribeiro (1922-1997), he joined the University of Brasília (UnB) in 1962 and taught modeling classes until 1964, when he lost his position due to the military coup. He set off and travelled through Latin America and Africa, an experience that had a remarkable effect on his work. On return to Brazil he built his second house, the first of a series of projects in the Joatinga region of Rio de Janeiro. In 1968, he moved to Nova Viçosa, Bahia, and opened a workshop, which ran up until 1980. His experience in the Bahian city was shaped by his renewed love and contact with nature, and he began working closely with environmentalists. In one of these collaborations, he participated in the project of an environmental reserve with the artist Frans Krajcberg (1921-2017) for whom he also designed a studio in 1971. The furniture he designed during this period, is reflective of his ecological sensitivity, his works were constructed with crude logs of wood, whose twisted lines inspire his drawings. It is also in Nova Viçosa that the architect builds the Casa dos Triângulos (1970) and casa da Beira do Rio (1970), in which he adopted a very artisanal construction system with typical woods of the region. According to the historian and architecture critic Roberto Conduru, Caldas' performance was relevant for the diffusion of environmental values in architectural projects: a "taste for the alternative and the rustic was disseminated throughout the Brazilian territory [...], encouraged by environmental preservation campaigns, by the wear and tear of the current models in reinforced concrete and by the re-emergence of the regionalist ideal in the international panorama"1. Between 1970 and 1978, he kept an office in Rio de Janeiro, where he returned in 1982. In 1975, the filmmaker Antonio Carlos da Fontoura made the film Arquitetura de Morar, about the houses of Joatinga, with a soundtrack by Tom Jobim (1927-1993), for whom Caldas designed a house. Two years later, the architect's work was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro (MAM/RJ), at the São Paulo Museum of Art Assis Chateaubriand (Masp) in Belo Horizonte, and the following year at Solar do Unhão, in Salvador. Between 1980 and 1982 The Helium House Olga Jr was designed and built in São Paulo. Caldas outlined the plans for the construction sourcing the all the wood, the actual assembly of the house was carried out by the owner. The house, is defined by wooden structure that stands out from the fence walls, the clay tile roof of wide eaves and the demolition materials that give the building the feeling of rusticity, warmth and nostalgia. The house was similar to those built in the 1970s for Eurico Ficher and Pedro Valente, in Joatinga. In 1983, Calders founded the Center for the Development of Applications of The Woods of Brazil (DAM), and gave it to UnB in 1985. During this period, he proposed the creation of the Escola do Fazer, a teaching center focused on the use of wood for the construction of houses, furniture and utilitarian objects for the low-income population. Despite the fact that much of Calders early work was centered around building houses for the elite, in the 1980s the designer dedicates himself the DAM where he rigorously researches popular housing based on artisan construction processes and whereby the users participate in the construction process. At the Brasília unit, he developed prototypes of popular houses with eucalyptus logs as a structure and sealing in soil-cement, betting on an ideal of self-construction already tested at Casa do Nilo, in São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro. From that moment on, as occurred with his the furniture designs, Caldas adopts the use of crude wood logs rolled...

The "Armchair H" by Zanine Caldas is an exemplary piece of Brazilian mid-century modern design, crafted in the 1950s. These armchairs embody the innovative spirit and meticulous craf...

Jose Zanine de Caldas (1919-2001). Side table. Manufactured by Mòveis Artísticos Z, Brazil, 1950. Marine plywood. Measuremenents: 70 cm x 46...

A wood and blue leatherette lounge chair or armchair designed by José Zanine Caldas and produced by Móveis Artísticos Z, Brazil, 1950s. Light staining and discoloration to wood. Vin...

This midcentury sofa, in wood and grey fabric, was produced in the 1950s in São Paulo by Zanine's studio, is a good example of his earlier pieces. José Zanine Caldas was a designer,...

Pair of armchairs, 1954 Lacquered wood, fabric upholstery 66 x 64 x 78h cm 26 x 25.19 x 30.7h in

Available today, this super collectible Chest of Drawers designed by Jose Zanine Caldas, is so gorgeous! This chest is entirely made in Plywood and was designed by Jose Zanine Calda...

A pair of beautiful armchairs designed by José Zanine Caldas from Brazil. Reupholstered with light pink colored fabric. Very good vintage condition.

These one-of-kind Brazilian modern stools where designed by Jose Zanine Caldas in the seventies. The stools are completely made out of Pequi hardwood and the top and bottom are flat,...

This "Scissors" chair, created by Brazilian designer José Zanine Caldas, embodies both the modern aesthetic and the ingenuity of Brazilian design. Made in the 1950s, this piece refle...

Available right now, this Mid Century Modern accent/phone table in plywood designed by Jose Zanine Caldas in the fifties is beautiful! The table consists of four legs and two shelves...

José Zanine Caldas (1919–2001) was a Brazilian architect, designer, and craftsman celebrated for his innovative use of native materials and his commitment to sustainable design. Ofte...

Jose Zanine Caldas, Moveis Artisticos, Brazilian Mid-Century Modern, Lounge Chair, Leather, Brazil, 1950s Lounge chair designed by Jose Zanine Caldas for Moveis Artisticos Z in Braz...

José Zanine Caldas (1919-2001) Bar Cabinet, c. 1950 Edition "Moveis Artisticos Z" Naval Plywood Dimensions: 94 x 66 x 43 cm (37 1/100 x 25 49/50 x 16 93/100 in) This rare piece, si...

Available today, this iconic Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table made of wood in Black designed by Jose Zanine Caldas, in the fifties is a gorgeous piece! The iconic coffee table has ...

Mid-Century Modern 'Linha Z' Lounge Sofa by José Zanine Caldas, Brazil, 1950s This 'Linha Z' sofa, made of solid wood structure, and upholstered with fabric, stands out with its arc...

Amazing table designed by José Zanine Caldas, manufactured by “Móveis Artísticos Z” in Brazil, 1950s. Three inclined legs support the table top with an organic shape. The table has t...

Awesome unique chairs by Zanine! In true 1950s style, these rare and unique pieces are testimony of the genius of Zanine, a self taught artist who kept innovating and pushing bar...