Jose Zanine Caldas incorporated scraps from deforestation to create what he called “Protest Furniture.” For his iconic masterwork, the “Namoradeira Tête-à-Tête”, Zanine uses a large section of a felled tree to translate the nineteenth-century French form into the twentieth-century Brazilian design lexicon. Measurements: Heigh 26.5 in Width 39 in Depth 27 in. 68 cm x 99 cm x 69 cm. Circa 1980.
Namoradeira Tête-à-Tête by Zanine Caldas
Jose Zanine Caldas incorporated scraps from deforestation to create what he called “Protest Furniture.” For his iconic masterwork, the “Namoradeira Tête-à-Tête”, Zanine uses a large section of a felled tree to translate the nineteenth-century French form into the twentieth-century Brazilian design lexicon. Measurements: Heigh 26.5 in Width 39 in Depth 27 in. 68 cm x 99 cm x 69 cm. Circa 1980.