It is most rare to find a matching set of this model. Tenreiro was the "Father" of Modern furniture in Brazil. He was born in Portugal, in a family with a great tradition in furniture making. An excellent wood craftsman, he started working in Rio de Janeiro in the '20s, making pieces of furniture in traditional styles. He did, however, criticise from an early age the provincialism of a colonised society which could only value things from abroad and which denied their own present.
Tenreiro proposed a contemporary language and advocated the idea that Brazilian furniture should be formally light. "A lightness which has nothing to do with weight itself, but with graciousness, and the functionality of spaces." This orientation found a great response with the architects who supported modernism, which asked for interiors free from excessive ornamentation.
Tenreiro found in Oscar Niemeyer his greatest client, designing furniture for his houses and completely breaking away from the virtuosity of antique styles. He developed a language adapted to the country`s heat, using wicker (instead of the velours that prevailed till then) and Brazilian woods in abundance.
Tenreiro proposed a contemporary language and advocated the idea that Brazilian furniture should be formally light. "A lightness which has nothing to do with weight itself, but with graciousness, and the functionality of spaces." This orientation found a great response with the architects who supported modernism, which asked for interiors free from excessive ornamentation.
Tenreiro found in Oscar Niemeyer his greatest client, designing furniture for his houses and completely breaking away from the virtuosity of antique styles. He developed a language adapted to the country`s heat, using wicker (instead of the velours that prevailed till then) and Brazilian woods in abundance.