JOAQUIM TENREIRO IN MELIDES

“When I was making furniture, the plaited cane had almost disappeared in Brazil, nobody used it. I retrieved cane from the colonial tradition. Cane originally came from India and had become a tradition in Brazil. Brazil used a cane for years. It served the purpose of the climate, mainly because of the heat in Rio de Janeiro and even in Sao Paulo. Cane was a necessary element in modern furniture.”

- Joaquim Tenreiro, 1985 -