Inside the giant drill hall, galleries will be bringing their A game. Bossa, a dealer in Brazilian modern furniture, will be offering some pieces that took years to restore at its São Paulo workshop. Founder Isabela Milagre, who opened a Lower Manhattan gallery in March, says Salon will be her first real chance to meet American collectors and interior designers.
Accompanying her will be pieces from firms that, she says, “were instrumental in the development of modern design in Brazil but have since been largely forgotten.” One is a 12-foot-long credenza made by L’Atelier, a company owned by Jorge Zalszupin; the piece was created for Zalszupin’s own house. Another is a desk by the Italian master Franco Albini brought to Brazil by Arturo and Enrica Profili, founders of São Paulo’s Galleria Sistina, when they emigrated from Italy after World War II. Humbler but no less beautiful is Lina Bo Bardi’s SESC stool, designed for her SESC Pompéia community center.