José Zanine Caldas Pilao chair

A 'Pilão' ('pestle') chair, by José Zanine Caldas. Created circa 1971, this piece was fashioned from a single log using only an axe and adze.

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.