Description

This chest is entirely made in Imbuia hardwood and features a rectangular structure with curved ends, three large drawers with five yellow formica circles that act as handles (to open the drawers) and four delicate legs. 

This piece encapsulates the Brazilian Modernist aesthetic of the fifties: straight lines, curved ends, exuberant use of wood and funky use of Formica, a new material that became mainstream in Brazil around that time. The quality of the wood is excellente and the joinery is also fantastic. Finding a piece like this in good condition is quite difficult. This may be because in the fifties, high quality furniture was still artisanal and production badges were much smaller than in the sixties and onwards, when the country’s industrialization started. 

Size: H33.9, W37, D19.3 (in) | H86, W94, D49 (cm)