'Vronka' Armchair by Sergio Rodrigues in Wood and Fabric, Brazil, 1962
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Uithoorn, NL
The 'Vronka' chair by Sergio Rodrigues from the 1960s showcases a straightforward, structured design.
Metal
Unavailable
H 36.62 in W 29.14 in D 35.83 in
Vronka by Sergio Rodrigues Jacaranda Armchair and Footstool Midcentury Brasil
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Veyrier du Lac, FR
Solid Jacaranda structure and a floating high comfortable cushion. Made of juxtaposing wooden pieces of square and rectangular sections, Vronka followed a similar design pattern to t...
Jacaranda
Pair of Sergio Rodrigues 'Vronka' Armchairs
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Astoria, NY
A pair of circa 1960s 'Vronka' armchairs by Brazilian architect and designer Sergio Rodrigues, with curved seats against linear frames in rich jacarandá wood.
Jacaranda, Upholstery
Pair of "Vronka" Armchairs by Sergio Rodrigues
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of famous 1960's "Vronka" armchairs by Sergio Rodrigues. The chair is featured in the "Sergio Rodriguez" by Icatu book, pg. 57 Please call or use the contact dealer link belo...
Jacaranda
Vintage Sergio Rodrigues Vronka Chairs in Leather, Pair
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in SAINT LOUIS, MO
This Vronka lounge chair was designed by Rodrigues in 1962.
Steel
Sergio Rodrigues Vronka lounge chair OCA Brazil 1962
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Wonderful so called ‘Vronka’ lounge chair designed by Sergio Rodrigues and manufactured by OCA, Brazil 1962.
Upholstery, Rosewood
Sold
H 33.47 in W 29.14 in D 33.86 in
Mid-Century Modern 'Vronka' Armchair by Sergio Rodrigues, Brazil, 1960s
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Deerfield Beach, FL
Mid-Century Modern 'Vronka' Armchair by Sergio Rodrigues, Brazil, 1960s This pair of classic Vronka Armchairs by the acclaimed designer Sergio Rodrigues has wood and curved plywoo...
Leather, Wood, Plywood
"Vronka" Lounge Chair by Sergio Rodrigues
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in New York, NY
Designed by Sergio Rodrigues, Brazil, 1962. This piece is from the offices of Manchete TV and Editora in the Flamengo neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Pair of "Vronka" Arm Chairs by Sergio Rodrigues 1962
Located in London, London
Pair of Arm Chairs designed by Sergio Rodrigues 1962 Brazil. These chairs were named Poltona VRONKA and single examples are very rare.
Vronka Armchair by Sergio Rodrigues
Located in New York, NY
"Vronka" armchair with solid tauari wood legs and frame. Produced by LinBrasil.
Rare Pair of "Vronka" Chair by Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Sao Paulo, Brazil
A beautiful example of the 'Vronka' chair by S. Rodrigues for Oca Brazil, the first manufacturer for Rodrigues furniture.
Jacaranda
Brazilian Modern Rosewood “Vronka” Lounge Chairs by Sergio Rodrigues
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
The curve of the seat plays off the linear frame and gives the illusion of a floating effect. The arms and legs are solid Jacaranda, making this Sergio Rodrigues lounge chair extreme...
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Kiko Armchair by Sergio Rodrigues, 1960s
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in New York, NY
Designed by Sergio Rodrigues in 1960, the Kiko armchair has a rectilinear rosewood structure with flat, squared members joined at right angles. The seat and backrest cushions are uph...
Leather, Rosewood
Sergio Rodrigues 'Sheriff' Lounge Chair
By ISA Bergamo, Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Red Lion, PA
"Sheriff" model. Solid pine, leather cover, leather straps. Design: Sergio Rodrigues, 1957. Manufacturer: Isa, Bergamo, Italy. Vintage condition
Leather, Wood
'Mole' Lounge Chair by Sergio Rodrigues, Brazil, 1950s
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Antwerp, BE
Designed by Sergio Rodrigues in 1957, this iconic Mole lounge chair embodies the essence of Brazilian mid-century modernism. Featuring a solid rounded jacaranda wood frame, adjustabl...
Leather, Wood
$5,142
H 27.96 in W 27.56 in D 24.81 in
Kilin Armchair by Sérgio Rodrigues, Solid Wood and Saddle Leather, Brazi
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Lisboa, PT
Kilin armchair designed by Sérgio Rodrigues in 1973 and produced by Oca, a sculptural lounge chair in solid wood and saddle leather. The Kilin armchair pairs a curved, solid caviúna ...
Leather, Wood
Armchair by Jean Gillon, Mid-Century Modern Brazilian, 1970s
By Jean Gillon
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A hallmark of Jean Gillon’s sensual and humanistic design philosophy, this 1970s armchair exemplifies his masterful fusion of structure and comfort. The sculptural jacarandá frame, w...
Leather, Rosewood
'Mole' armchair by Sergio Rodrigues, Brazil, 1960s
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Deerfield Beach, FL
'Mole' armchair by Sergio Rodrigues, Brazil, 1960s The Mole Armchair is a classic design by Sergio Rodrigues from the 1960s. This original period example remains in its original con...
Leather, Wood
Ricardo Blanco, Lounge Chair, Wood, Fabric, Argentina, 1970s
By Stilka, Ricardo Blanco
Located in High Point, NC
A stained wood and beige fabric lounge chair, model "LP" designed by Ricardo Blanco and produced by Stilka, Argentina, c. 1970s. Wear consistent with age and use. Reupholstered. Ov...
Fabric, Wood
$6,800
H 31.5 in W 27.56 in D 23.63 in
Oscar Armchair by Sérgio Rodrigues, Rosewood and Cane, Brazil, 1956
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Lisboa, PT
Mole armchair designed by Sérgio Rodrigues in 1957 and produced by Oca, a defining lounge chair of Brazilian modern design in solid rosewood and thick saddle leather. The Mole armcha...
Leather, Wood, Rosewood
$12,600
H 27.45 in W 25.79 in D 28.67 in
Vintage Rosewood Armchair by Celina Decorações, Brazilian Midcentury, 1960s
By Celina Decoracoes
Located in New York, NY
This armchair is made of solid Brazilian Rosewood, with new upholstery in gorgeous suede leather. The armrests have a rectangular design with a back of vertical slats. This model fea...
Rosewood, Leather
Kilin Lounge Chair by Sergio Rodrigues, Brazil, 1970s
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Designed by Sergio Rodrigues in 1973, the Kilin chair has become one of the most celebrated icons of Brazilian design. Combining a solid timber structure with a suspended leather sli...
Rosewood
$17,300
H 31.11 in W 27.96 in D 31.5 in
Mid-Century Modern Upholstery Lounge Chair by Joaquim Tenreiro, Brazil, 1956
By Joaquim Tenreiro
Located in Deerfield Beach, FL
Mid-Century Modern upholstery lounge chair by Joaquim Tenreiro, Brazil 1956 Designed in 1956 in Brazil by the designer Joaquim Tenreiro, this lounge chair features splayed feet in...
Fabric, Wood
$18,200
H 30.32 in W 25.6 in D 29.93 in
Single Armchair by Móveis Cimo, 1960s, Mid-Century Brazilian Design
By Moveis Cimo
Located in New York, NY
This Armchair was produced in the 1960s by the Brazilian company Móveis Cimo, a pioneer in Brazilian furniture industrialization. Cimo's history starts in 1921 with a wood boxes fac...
Silk
“Zeca” Armchair by José Zanine Caldas, Brazil, 1960s
By José Zanine Caldas
Located in Utrecht, NL
This characteristic “Zeca” armchair was designed by the pioneering Brazilian designer, Jose Zanine Caldas. Made of solid wood, this armchair was named after the childhood nickname of...
Fabric, Wood
Móveis Teperman, Lounge Chair, Wood, Fabric, Brazil, 1950s
By Móveis Teperman
Located in High Point, NC
A wood and off-white fabric lounge chair produced by Móveis Teperman, Brazil, c. 1950s. Reupholstered at some point in recent history. Overall Dimensions (inches): 35.5” H x 29” W ...
Fabric, Wood
Brazilian Designer, Lounge Chair, Caviúna, Fabric, Brazil, 1961
Located in High Point, NC
A caviúna wood and beige fabric lounge chair designed and produced for the Hotel Nacional de Brasília, Brazil, c. 1961. Overall Dimensions (inches): 31.5"H x 27.375"W x 30.0"D Seat...
Fabric, Wood
$3,600
H 35.25 in W 22.55 in D 23 in
Geraldo De Barros Attribution, Armchair, Iron, Wood, Fabric, Brazil, 1960s
By Geraldo de Barros
Located in High Point, NC
An iron, wood and light grey fabric armchair or side chair attributed to Geraldo De Barros Heavy oxidation present throughout metal frame. Overall Dimensions (inches): 35.25"H x 22...
Iron
Round Pine Coffee Table in the style of Charlotte Perriand, France, 1960s
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Brescia, Brescia
Round coffee or sofa table in solid stained pine, produced in France during the late 1960s, in the style of Charlotte Perriand. The design reflects the sculptural and essential quali...
Metal
Wood and brass Desk by Vittorio Dassi, Italy, 1950s
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Argelato, BO
Large wood and brass desk by Vittorio Dassi, Italy, 1950s Large Mid-Century Wood and Brass desk by Vittorio Dassi, Italy, 1950s The rare desk is characterized by its extremely eleg...
Brass
$3,173 / item
H 16.54 in W 11.42 in D 8.67 in
Monolithic Side Table in Burgundy Red Lacquer Handcrafted in Italy
By Sandro Lopez
Located in Milano, IT
Lui + Lei, Italian for “He and She”, are two monolithic side tables with a minimalist, clean design that nods to the sculptural forms of Italian modernism. Designed in Milan by Sandr...
Beech
Mid-Century Brass and Opal Glass Pendant Lamp, Italy, 1960s
Located in Hagenbach, DE
This Italian pendant lamp from the 1960s is a refined example of mid-century lighting, combining brass, opal glass, and strong geometric form with notable elegance. Its composition i...
Metal, Brass
B & B Italia Rose Marble Coffee Table, 1960s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sculptural coffee table with conical marble bases and an elongated oval top, displaying refined Italian modernist craftsmanship
Marble
$13,714
H 46.86 in W 66.93 in D 17.33 in
French Modernist Sideboard by André Sornay, Cloutage Technique, 1950s
By Andre Sornay
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
A refined French modernist sideboard designed by Andre Sornay in Lyon, France, circa 1950s. Crafted using Sornay’s signature cloutage technique, the cabinet reveals delicate nail-he...
Wood
$4,342
H 70.08 in W 13.39 in D 13.39 in
Floor Lamp - Design and Manufacturing by Stilnovo, Italy, 1960s.
By Stilnovo
Located in Wolfurt, AT
Floor Lamp - Design and Manufacturing by Stilnovo, Italy, 1960s. This lamp features opaline glass tubes, a lacquered metal frame and triangular marble base.
Marble, Brass, Steel
$10,931 / set
H 32.68 in W 28.75 in D 32.68 in
Outstanding, Rare Lounge Chairs, Italy, 1950s, For Reupholstery
By Ico Parisi, Carlo Mollino, Gio Ponti
Located in Lewes, East Sussex
An extraordinary, rare pair of Italian 1950s armchairs. Structurally sound, but the original upholstery is worn out so the chairs are sold for the customer to recover in their own c...
Wood, Fabric
$25,000
H 18.12 in W 27.56 in D 27.56 in
Coffee Table by Carlo Hauner, Mid-Century Modern Brazilian, 1953
By Carlo Hauner
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This elegant round coffee table by Carlo Hauner showcases his refined command of curvature, proportion, and Brazilian hardwoods. The design is defined by a circular rosewood band div...
Glass, Rosewood
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Angle Sofa, C. 1960s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Featuring a camel-colored upholstered frame with a tufted seat, four matching loose back pillows, and short square legs. A refined example of Wormley’s sophisticated modernist aesthe...
Upholstery, Wood
$17,142 / set
H 21.66 in W 21.26 in D 22.84 in
Pair of Modernist Armchairs in Pale Green Velvet Attributed to Ico Parisi, 1950s
By Ico Parisi
Located in Milan, IT
A pair of low-rise, elegant modernist slipper chairs, with the charm of Ico Parisi and representative of the Italian Fifties. Structural support in well-maintained, polished mahog...
Velvet, Wood
$5,821
H 15.16 in W 55.52 in D 20.67 in
Mid-Century Gianfranco Frattini, wooden Coffee Table for Bernini, Italy, 1960s
By Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Gianfranco Frattini, wooden Coffee Table for Bernini, Italy, 1960s
Wood
Free-form wood coffee table
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
France, circa 1970 Coffee table made of solid wood, featuring an organic, asymmetrical shape. The tabletop has a free-form, flowing outline, with softly rounded and irregular edges. ...
Wood
$2,745
H 33.47 in W 23.63 in D 31.5 in
Mid-Century Modern Armchair Club Chair in Black Metal with Original Upholstery
By Marco Zanuso
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Marco Zanuso's style 1950s original Italian Mid-Century Modern armchair club chair in black metal with original upholstery in good condition and sanitized. Measures cm: H 85\45...
Metal
Mid-20th Century Swedish Pile Carpet by AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström
By Barbro Lundberg Nilsson
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century Swedish pile carpet Sweden ca. 1947 handwoven Initialed: AB MMF BN (Barbro Nilsson for AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström ).
Wool
Unavailable|$14,700 / item
H 34.26 in W 31.89 in D 38.59 in
Illum Wikkelsø 'Ox' Lounge Chairs in Beige Sheepskin
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Illum Wikkelsø, 'Ox' lounge chairs, sheepskin, wood, Denmark, 1960s An exquisitely designed easy chair upholstered in sheepskin by esteemed Danish designer Illum Wikkelsø, this 'Ox ...
Sheepskin, Wood
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.
While this specific seating is known to all for its comfort and familiar form, the history of how your favorite antique or vintage lounge chair came to be is slightly more ambiguous.
Although there are rare armchairs dating back as far as the 17th century, some believe that the origins of the first official “lounge chair” are tied to Hungarian modernist designer-architect Marcel Breuer. Sure, Breuer wasn’t exactly reinventing the wheel when he introduced the Wassily lounge chair in 1925, but his seat was indeed revolutionary for its integration of bent tubular steel.
Officially, a lounge chair is simply defined as a “comfortable armchair,” which allows for the shape and material of the furnishings to be extremely diverse. Whether or not chaise longues make the cut for this category is a matter of frequent debate.
The Eames lounge chair, on the other hand, has come to define somewhat of a universal perception of what a lounge chair can be. Introduced in 1956, the Eames lounger (and its partner in cozy, the ottoman) quickly became staples in television shows, prestigious office buildings and sumptuous living rooms. Venerable American mid-century modern designers Charles and Ray Eames intended for it to be the peak of luxury, which they knew meant taking furniture to the next level of style and comfort. Their chair inspired many modern interpretations of the lounge — as well as numerous copies.
On 1stDibs, find a broad range of unique lounge chairs that includes everything from antique Victorian-era seating to vintage mid-century modern lounge chairs by craftspersons such as Hans Wegner to contemporary choices from today’s innovative designers.