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profile<br />
text by<br />
Lisa Skolnik<br />
Furniture designer Percival<br />
Lafer at his country home in<br />
Campos do Jordão, Brazil,<br />
in 2011 (left). Designed in 1965,<br />
Lafer’s MP-041 series presented<br />
an innovative, modern<br />
aesthetic, with heavy solid<br />
hardwood frames and handtufted,<br />
pre-formed cushions<br />
(below). Built to accommodate<br />
compact, flat packaging, the<br />
collection also helped minimize<br />
shipping costs.<br />
An<br />
Unsung<br />
Modernist<br />
Despite a rise to prominence in<br />
the 1970s, pioneering designer<br />
Percival Lafer has remained a<br />
best-kept secret for collectors of<br />
midcentury Brazilian furniture.<br />
PHOTOS COURTESY OF PERCIVAL LAFER.
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