José Zanine Caldas canoe chair

A handcrafted lounge chair made of reclaimed wood by Brazilian designer José Zanine Caldas, circa 1970. The piece is made of a used canoe.

The chair comes with a certificate of authenticity.

José Zanine Caldas (1918-2001) was a self-taught Brazilian architect and designer. He made both sculptural, carved furniture from local woods and Modernist plywood furniture. In the early 1940s Zanine started the "Z Artistic Furniture" (“Móveis Artísticos Z”) line. In 1968, he moved to Nova Viçosa (Bahia), where he began with his 'Móveis Denúncia' (protest furniture) series, where he used reclaimed wood for his hand-made pieces.