Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
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.
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Faux Leather, Cane, Hardwood, Walnut
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Faux Leather, Cane, Hardwood, Walnut
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Faux Leather, Cane, Hardwood, Walnut
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Metal
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Faux Leather, Cane, Hardwood, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Aluminum
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Leather, Rosewood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Leather, Plastic
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Chrome
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Chrome
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Metal
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Aluminum, Chrome
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Aluminum
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Leather
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Aluminum
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Aluminum
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Leather, Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Upholstery, Jacaranda
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Metal
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Metal, Aluminum
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Metal, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Steel
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Faux Leather, Cane, Hardwood, Walnut
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Iron
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Steel
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Metal
Mid-20th Century Brutalist Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Pine
1970s Post-Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Naugahyde, Maple
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Brass, Iron
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Metal
2010s International Style Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Leather
20th Century Chesterfield Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Leather
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Metal
1970s Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Metal
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Aluminum, Chrome
2010s International Style Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Leather, Oak, Walnut
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Chrome
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Aluminum
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Leather, Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Leather, Wood
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Aluminum
1930s Renaissance Revival Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Walnut, Leather
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Leather, Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Metal
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Leather, Wood
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