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He worked as a furniture maker and designer, eventually setting up his own workshop in 1943 called Langenbach & Tenreiro Ltda. Tenreiro’s lifelong desire to create a new Brazilian furniture based on indigenous materials and forms, together with his significant influence on other leading mid-20th century Brazilian furniture designers and artists, have led to him being considered the father of modern Brazilian furniture design. \r\n\r\nThe materials and techniques used in this rocking chaise longue convey the main characteristics of Tenreiro’s work. Firstly, the use of rosewood (also known in Brazil as jacaranda, from the tree of that name), a strong, native Brazilian wood, gives the piece the indigenous qualities that Tenreiro strived for in his designs. Secondly, plaited cane work is a feature used in many of Tenreiro’s furniture pieces. He used cane both because of its long history in colonial furniture-making, and also because of cane’s suitability for the Brazilian climate. 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From the 1970s onwards, the Sudanese-born, UK based ceramicist Siddig El Nigoumi popularised ancient African and Arabic pottery techniques like unglazed, burnished clay in British studio ceramics. And similarly, in the post-war years, Joaquim Tenreiro, who came from a Portuguese family of woodworkers, forged a new style of furniture design in his adopted country, Brazil. Using indigenous woods and traditional making techniques, his designs were suited to the South American climate and lifestyle.\r\n\r\nTwo-spouted water vessel \r\n‘Ibreeq’ (jug), 1980\r\nDesigned and made by Siddig El Nigoumi, UK \r\nHand-built earthenware, unglazed and burnished clay with incised decoration \r\nMuseum no. C.56-1980\r\n\r\nRocking chaise longue \r\nAbout 1947\r\nDesigned by Joaquim Albuquerque Tenreiro \r\nManufactured by Langenbach & Tenreiro, Brazil \r\nRosewood and woven cane \r\nGiven by Vanishing Points Gallery, London \r\nMuseum no. 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