Brazilian Decorative Baskets
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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21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Wool
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Wool
2010s Modern Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Leather
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Rosewood
2010s Minimalist Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Steel
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Leather
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Wood, Imbuia
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Jacaranda
20th Century Tribal Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Natural Fiber
2010s Rustic Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Wool
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Decorative Baskets
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Decorative Baskets
20th Century Tribal Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Reed
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Rock Crystal
2010s Modern Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Willow
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Wicker
2010s Modern Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Willow
2010s Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Leather
Late 20th Century Rustic Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Rattan, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Leather
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Bamboo
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Metal, Brass
2010s Modern Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Cotton, Fabric, Leather
20th Century Tribal Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Reed
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Metal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Copper
20th Century Tribal Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Natural Fiber
2010s Rustic Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Wool
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Jacaranda
20th Century Tribal Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Reed
20th Century Tribal Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Reed
Late 20th Century Modern Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Aluminum
2010s Rustic Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Wool
2010s Rustic Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Wool
2010s Arts and Crafts Brazilian Decorative Baskets
Straw, Wood