Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Furniture
The institution was created in 1873 by a group of aristocrats belonging to the national coffee elite who intended to train a skilled workforce for a possible future industrialization of the country, focusing on instructing people to work in the industrial and commercial sectors.
Initially named "Society for the Propagation of Popular Instruction," it offered evening literacy and arithmetic courses for adults and children. Seven years later, the Superior Council decided on a complete overhaul of the institution and its effective transformation into a school, adopting the European model of Arts and Crafts Schools (the English Arts & Crafts Schools), which advocated the appreciation of the artisan's manual work in industry. With the adoption of the name Lyceum of Arts and Crafts, the new model began to be implemented, and courses in carpentry, metalwork, plastering, drawing, among others, were offered.
Teperman is one of the oldest Brazilian companies operating in the area of quality furniture. Created in 1912, it was a pioneer in keeping fine furniture in stock, at a time when this type of product was imported from Europe especially for the customer or made to measure by cabinetmakers.
In the first three decades of its existence, it focused on the residential and hotel markets. In the 1940s, it also started to supply offices, banks and government offices.
In the 50's, the construction of Brasília resulted in a great demand for furniture according to the principles of modern architecture. It was at this time that he began to invest decisively in design, inviting architects like Jacob Ruchti to be designers.
Tepperman introduced in Brazil the exhibition of furniture in formed environments, when the custom of the time was simply to pile up stocks. In 1960, aware of the need to update technology, I obtained a license from the North American company Herman Miller to produce its furniture in Brazil.
Teperman manufactured furniture designed by well-known modernist designers such as: Giuseppe Scapinelli and Oscar Niemeyer, among others.
Until today, other furniture by Niemeyer and his daughter Ana Maria, Jacqueline Terpins, Eduardo Lamassa, André Leirner and Délia Berú and reprints by John Graz, George Nelson, Isamu Noguchim, Ray and Charles Eames, etc.
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