José Zanine Caldas center table

A handcrafted José Zanine Caldas solid wooden center table. It is constructed out of two parts with connecting element between tem. This piece was made in 1979, with the use of an axe and adze, from one piece of wood.

The table comes with a certificate of authenticity by Euclides Zanine Caldas Neto, son of José Zanine Caldas

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.