Incollect Magazine - Issue 3

2022 Incollect Magazine 89 other key pieces which we are confident in doing!” Percival Lafer is lesser known outside of interior design circles but also contributed to mid-century Brazilian design with what Alcantara describes as “his innovative and original form of production for the time. He was one of the pioneers of the use of industrial design processes and his pieces are of exceptional quality, in addition to having a very original design.” Also of note is Michel Arnoult, a French designer who lived in Brazil for a long period and is known for ready- to-assemble furniture. “He believed everyone should have Two sides of José Zanine Caldas’s aesthetic: the rustic and the refined. Top: Namordeira two seated “Tête-à-Tête” lounge chair, hand carved from a single large tree section, circa 1970s. Bottom: A circa 1949 plywood frame lounge chair, with upholstered cushions and armrests. Images courtesy Jeff Lincoln Art + Design.