GAVEA BAR

Jorge Zalszupin

YEAR: 1959/2012
DIMENSIONS W x D x H (cms): 183 x 50.5 x 98cm
FINISH: Iron
TIMBER: Freijo, Imbuia, Louro Preto, American Walnut
WARRANTY: 1 Year
LEAD TIME: Approx. 16-18 weeks

Handmade to order. Re-edited by ETEL. Embedded with a seal certifying its authenticity and part of the ETEL collection.

A substantial block of wood balances on square, rigid iron legs, a contrast with the  subtly of the  rear of the piece. The wood is worked to angular shapes; the interior features mirrors that add a dazzling sophistication. The piece features rounded handles, another recurring element of Zalszupin’s work.

JORGE ZALSZUPIN

1922 -2022

Jorge Zalszupin fled his native Poland during World War II for Romania where he studied before moving to Brazil in 1949. In order to convince clients to accept his unique, poetical, sensual and modern brand of architecture he had to build his own house. Designing furniture that matched his architecture was a natural consequence.

The accessible wood, the hunger for all that was new and the scale of development in Brazil provided the ideal conditions for his ideas to be well accepted. In the 1960s and 1970s his work could be seen in almost every public building in Brasília.

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