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Butaque Chair

Clara Porset's Mexican Butaque Chair, licensed reedition by Luteca
By Luteca Furniture, Clara Porset
Located in New York, NY
butaque chair, itself a hybrid of Spanish and pre-Colombian archetypes. Despite others laying claim to its
Category

2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Hide, Maple

Clara Porset's wood and rattan Mexican Butaque Chair by Luteca
By Clara Porset, Luteca Furniture
Located in New York, NY
butaque chair, itself a hybrid of Spanish and pre-Colombian archetypes. Despite others laying claim to its
Category

2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs

Materials

Rattan, Walnut

Clara Porset's Mexican Walnut & Hemp Butaque Chair, licensed reedition by Luteca
By Clara Porset, Luteca Furniture
Located in New York, NY
butaque chair, itself a hybrid of Spanish and pre-Colombian archetypes. Despite others laying claim to its
Category

2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs

Materials

Walnut, Hemp

Primitive Mexican Butaque Leather Sling Chairs, 1970s
By Luis Barragan
Located in Coronado, CA
A wonderful pair of leather butaque chairs made in Mexico in the 1970s. Delightful rustic
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Vintage 1970s Mexican Primitive Lounge Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

Clara Porset 'Butaque' Armchair in Original Cognac Leather and Cypress Wood
By Clara Porset
Located in Waalwijk, NL
combination of Modern design with Mexican craftsmanship. The Butaque chair is originally an example of the
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Vintage 1940s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Leather, Cypress

Clara Porset Lounge Chairs 'Butaque' in Original Patinated Leather
By Clara Porset
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Porset’s lounge chair ‘Butaque’ without armrests. These two lounge chairs with strong frames in cypress
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Vintage 1940s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Leather, Cypress

Butaque Colonial Chairs, Indonesia Second Half of the 20th Century
Located in Utrecht, NL
These chairs are aesthetically arresting and design-wise, a mixture of the iconic butaque chair and
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Late 20th Century Indonesian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

1950s Rustic Leather Strap Chairs Hermanos Soto Mexico
By Michael van Beuren
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Hermanos Soto Mexico In the style of miguelito butaque chair Michael Van Beuren 38.25 h x 18.25 w x 20.75
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Vintage 1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Modernist Mexican San Miguel Lounge Chair by Michael van Beuren from Luteca
By Luteca Furniture, Michael van Beuren
Located in New York, NY
American Butaque chair famed by the likes of 20th Century Mexican architect Luis Barragan and Industrial
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2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Teak

Don Shoemaker Sling Sloucher Chairs Señal, Sculptural and Organic, Mexico
By Senal, Don S. Shoemaker
Located in Santa Gertrudis, Baleares
as a modernist version of the Mexican Butaque chair, made of Mexican local woods, these chairs are
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Vintage 1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

Butaque Lounge Chair Made of Solid Wood Inspired in Clara Porset Design
By Clara Porset
Located in Estado de Mexico CP, Estado de Mexico
Butaque lounge chair made of solid wood inspired in Clara Porset Design The Butaque lounge
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2010s Mexican Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Hardwood

Pair of Butaque Lounge Chairs in the Style of Clara Porset, Saddle Leather
By Clara Porset
Located in Miami, FL
Great pair of lounge chairs, saddle leather has a great patina. Ready for a new home.
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Vintage 1970s American Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

1940s Mexican Leather Colonial Wood Chair Miguelito Butaque
By Clara Porset
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1940s Vintage Mexican Leather Colonial Wood Chair Style Miguelito Butaque 32.5 h x 23 d x 27.25
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Vintage 1940s Mexican Spanish Colonial Armchairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

Pair of French Modern Neoclassical Leather Lounge / Slipper Chairs, Andre Arbus
By Jacques Adnet, André Arbus
Located in New York, NY
An Elegant and Timeless Pair of French Mid-Century Modern Neoclassical Lounge or Slipper Chairs in
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Slipper Chairs

Materials

Leather, Hardwood, Walnut

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Pair of Spratling Chairs
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Clara Porset Patinated Leather and Cypress 'Butaque' Armchair, Mexico, c. 1947
By Clara Porset
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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Located in San Miguel Allende, GTO
Made in Campache, Mexico circa 1900
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H 35 in W 23.5 in D 27 in
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Located in San Miguel Allende, GTO
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Located in San Miguel Allende, GTO
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embraces the body along with embracing the line of the butaque, a ubiquitous chair found throughout Mexico
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Located in San Francisco, CA
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1950s Lounge Chair in Woven Saddle Leather and Cuban Mahogany by Dujo, Cuba
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Located in New York, NY
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butaque
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Butaque Chair For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal butaque chair for your home. Frequently made of wood, animal skin and leather, every butaque chair was constructed with great care. There are 16 variations of the antique or vintage butaque chair you’re looking for, while we also have 2 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Your living room may not be complete without a butaque chair — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right butaque chair, those designed in Mid-Century Modern and Modern styles are of considerable interest. Many designers have produced at least one well-made butaque chair over the years, but those crafted by Clara Porset, Luteca Furniture and Miguel Covarrubias are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Butaque Chair?

The average selling price for a butaque chair at 1stDibs is $3,388, while they’re typically $750 on the low end and $12,800 for the highest priced.

Finding the Right Seating for You

With entire areas of our homes reserved for “sitting rooms,” the value of quality antique and vintage seating cannot be overstated.

Fortunately, the design of side chairs, armchairs and other lounge furniture — since what were, quite literally, the early perches of our ancestors — has evolved considerably.

Among the earliest standard seating furniture were stools. Egyptian stools, for example, designed for one person with no seat back, were x-shaped and typically folded to be tucked away. These rudimentary chairs informed the design of Greek and Roman stools, all of which were a long way from Sori Yanagi's Butterfly stool or Alvar Aalto's Stool 60. In the 18th century and earlier, seats with backs and armrests were largely reserved for high nobility.

The seating of today is more inclusive but the style and placement of chairs can still make a statement. Antique desk chairs and armchairs designed in the style of Louis XV, which eventually included painted furniture and were often made of rare woods, feature prominently curved legs as well as Chinese themes and varied ornaments. Much like the thrones of fairy tales and the regency, elegant lounges crafted in the Louis XV style convey wealth and prestige. In the kitchen, the dining chair placed at the head of the table is typically reserved for the head of the household or a revered guest.

Of course, with luxurious vintage or antique furnishings, every chair can seem like the best seat in the house. Whether your preference is stretching out on a plush sofa, such as the Serpentine, designed by Vladimir Kagan, or cozying up in a vintage wingback chair, there is likely to be a comfy classic or contemporary gem for you on 1stDibs.

With respect to the latest obsessions in design, cane seating has been cropping up everywhere, from sleek armchairs to lounge chairs, while bouclé fabric, a staple of modern furniture design, can be seen in mid-century modern, Scandinavian modern and Hollywood Regency furniture styles.

Admirers of the sophisticated craftsmanship and dark woods frequently associated with mid-century modern seating can find timeless furnishings in our expansive collection of lounge chairs, dining chairs and other items — whether they’re vintage editions or alluring official reproductions of iconic designs from the likes of Hans Wegner or from Charles and Ray Eames. Shop our inventory of Egg chairs, designed in 1958 by Arne Jacobsen, the Florence Knoll lounge chair and more.

No matter your style, the collection of unique chairs, sofas and other seating on 1stDibs is surely worthy of a standing ovation.