ROCKING CHAIR

by Joaquim Tenreiro, 1947

This rocking chair was one of the first pieces produced by Joaquim Tenreiro when his Langenbach & Tenreiro store opened in 1947.

Joaquim Tenreiro did not invent the rocking chairs – they were part of the interior spaces in most Brazilian colonial houses. Far beyond a designer and artist, Tenreiro was an intellectual and thinker of the Brazilian culture. What Tenreiro did was to design and produce a piece of furniture where the lightness could manifest itself through a graceful and functional form.

This artesian piece, made of solid rosewood and caned seat and backrest, is one of the most significant productions – an appropriate response to Brazil’s hot climate. It is part of the collection of a traditional family in São Paulo and the original condition.