Brazilian Chaise Longues
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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1990s Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Chaise Longues
Leather
2010s Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Chaise Longues
Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Chaise Longues
Fabric, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Chaise Longues
Fabric, Hardwood
1990s Post-Modern Brazilian Chaise Longues
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Chaise Longues
Fabric, Hardwood
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Chaise Longues
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Chaise Longues
Fabric, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Chaise Longues
Fabric, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Chaise Longues
Fabric, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Chaise Longues
Fabric, Hardwood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Chaise Longues
Jacaranda
1950s Vintage Brazilian Chaise Longues
Fabric, Jacaranda
1970s Vintage Brazilian Chaise Longues
Leather
2010s Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Chaise Longues
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Chaise Longues
Fabric, Rosewood
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Chaise Longues
Leather, Cane, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Chaise Longues
Leather, Fabric
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Chaise Longues
Iron
2010s Brazilian Chaise Longues
Upholstery, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Chaise Longues
Leather, Hardwood
2010s Brazilian Chaise Longues
Upholstery, Teak, Fabric
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Chaise Longues
Metal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Chaise Longues
Straw, Cane, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Chaise Longues
Fabric, Hardwood
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Chaise Longues
Leather, Imbuia
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Chaise Longues
Wood, Upholstery
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Chaise Longues
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Chaise Longues
Fabric, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Chaise Longues
Leather, Fabric
2010s Brazilian Chaise Longues
Upholstery, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Chaise Longues
Fabric, Hardwood
1950s Vintage Brazilian Chaise Longues
Wood
2010s Brazilian Chaise Longues
Teak, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Chaise Longues
Fabric, Hardwood
2010s Brazilian Chaise Longues
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Chaise Longues
Fabric, Hardwood
2010s Brazilian Chaise Longues
Upholstery, Teak
2010s Modern Brazilian Chaise Longues
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Chaise Longues
Fabric, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Chaise Longues
Fabric, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Chaise Longues
Fabric, Hardwood
2010s Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Chaise Longues
Aluminum
2010s Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Chaise Longues
Aluminum
2010s Minimalist Brazilian Chaise Longues
Metal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Chaise Longues
Leather, Rope, Cherry
2010s Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Chaise Longues
Aluminum
2010s Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Chaise Longues
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Chaise Longues
Aluminum, Metal
Late 19th Century Romantic Antique Brazilian Chaise Longues
Wood
1950s Vintage Brazilian Chaise Longues
Iron
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Chaise Longues
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Chaise Longues
Rosewood, Upholstery