Butaque Chair
William Spratling 1940s Mexican Butaque Chair
By William Spratling
Located in San Francisco, CA
patinated by life like Hemmingway, this is a "Butaque" chair by the American-born designer William Spratling
Category
Vintage 1940s Mexican Modern Chairs
Materials
Brass
Ricardo Legorreta 'Butaque' Armchair in Oak and Leather
By Clara Porset
Located in Waalwijk, NL
traditional Mexican butaque chair in a modern, architectural form, featuring a gently curved wooden frame and
Category
1990s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Don Shoemaker Sling Sloucher Chairs Señal, Sculptural and Organic, Mexico
By Don S. Shoemaker, Senal
Located in Santa Gertrudis, Baleares
as a modernist version of the Mexican Butaque chair, made of Mexican local woods, these chairs are
Category
Vintage 1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
$4,443 / item
H 37.41 in W 22.84 in D 37.41 in
Butaque Lounge Chair Made of Solid Wood Inspired in Clara Porset Design
By Clara Porset
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Butaque lounge chair made of solid wood inspired in Clara Porset Design
The Butaque lounge chair
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Hardwood
$6,101
H 27.56 in W 31.5 in D 27.56 in
Butaque Arm Chairs by Clara Porset
By Clara Porset
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large frame 'Butaque' oak armchairs upholstered in heavy tan leather with a rich, time-earned
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Modern Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Pair of Butaque Arm Chairs, Mid 20th C
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Butaque refers to a small wooden armchair traditionally upholstered in animal skin. The design
Category
20th Century Mexican Armchairs
Materials
Brass, Iron
Recent Sales
Pair of "Miguelito" Butaque Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of leather Miguelito Butaque chairs from Mexico city.
Arm height is 20.25".
Category
Vintage 1950s Mexican Lounge Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Butaque Chair by William Spratling
By William Spratling
Located in Mexico City, DF
There is no more vernacular a chair of Mexico than ‘la butaque,’ which instantly conjures up images
Category
Vintage 1940s Mexican Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Pair of Good Vintage Mexican Butaque Campeche Chairs - Circa 1940's
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of rare mid century Mexican Campeche chairs in rosewood with beautiful hand tooled and
Category
Vintage 1940s Mexican Side Chairs
Materials
Leather, Rosewood
Unique Pair of 1940s Leather Miguelito Butaque Chairs from Mexico
Located in Berlin, DE
Amazing pair of Miguelito Butaque chairs from Mexico. Leather with stunning patina that feels like
Category
Vintage 1940s Mexican American Colonial Lounge Chairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Butaque Chair in the Style of Clara Porset
By Clara Porset
Located in San Diego, CA
An amazingly cool Mexican Modernist 1970s Butaque chair in the style of Clara Porset. Beautiful
Category
Vintage 1970s South American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
William Spratling 1940s Taxco Sabino Wood And Leather Miguelito Butaque Chair
By William Spratling
Located in Mexico City, MX
A 1940's sabino wood and leather "Miguelito" butaque chair by American designer, jeweller and
Category
Vintage 1940s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Iron
H 29.34 in W 22.05 in D 26.38 in
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
Category
Vintage 1970s Mexican Primitive Lounge Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Clara Porset Patinated Leather and Cypress 'Butaque' Armchair, Mexico, c. 1947
By Clara Porset
Located in Los Angeles, CA
furniture of the region and the 'Butaque' chair captured her interest. A Colonial-era hybrid of Spanish X
Category
Vintage 1940s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
H 42.25 in W 29.5 in D 34.25 in
Clara Porset Patinated Leather and Cypress 'Butaque' Armchair, Mexico, c. 1947
By Clara Porset
Located in Los Angeles, CA
furniture of the region and the 'Butaque' chair captured her interest. A Colonial-era hybrid of Spanish X
Category
Vintage 1940s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
H 42.25 in W 29.5 in D 34.25 in
“San Miguelito” Chair by Michael van Beuren
By Michael van Beuren, Domus, Don S. Shoemaker
Located in Los Angeles, CA
of the traditional butaca, or butaque chair, which was popular along coastal areas in Mexico since
Category
Vintage 1940s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood, Pine
Michael van Beuren “San Miguelito” Chair
By Michael van Beuren, Domus
Located in Los Angeles, CA
of the traditional butaca, or butaque chair, which was popular along coastal areas in Mexico since
Category
Vintage 1940s Mexican Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Leather, Pine
Clara Porset 'Butaque' Lounge Chair
By Clara Porset
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Clara Porset 'Butaque' lounge chair c.1940s, Mexico. The lounge chair features a curvaceous solid
Category
Vintage 1940s Mexican American Colonial Lounge Chairs
Materials
Steel
Clara Porset Style Butaque Chair
By Michael van Beuren, Clara Porset
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Clara Porset style butaque chair c.1970s, Mexico. The lounge chair features a curvaceous solid
Category
Vintage 1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
William Spratling Mexican Butaque Chair, Signed, 1940s
By William Spratling
Located in Coronado, CA
A rare, signed Butaque chair designed by William Spratling, produced in his workshop in Taxco
Category
Vintage 1940s Mexican Primitive Slipper Chairs
Materials
Leather, Pine
Pair of Clara Porset Style Butaque Lounge Armchairs with Aged Leather
By Clara Porset
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This beautiful pair of Clara Porset style Butaque chairs are in gorgeous aged leather, stained wood
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
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
Category
Late 20th Century Indonesian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Clara Porset Patinated Leather and Cypress 'Butaque' Armchair, Mexico, c. 1947
By Clara Porset
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Porset began researching the furniture of the region and the 'Butaque' chair captured her interest. A
Category
Vintage 1940s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
H 42.25 in W 29.5 in D 34.25 in
Fantastic Large Butaque Atributed to Ricardo Legorreta
By Ricardo Legoretta
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this fantastic large butaque attributed to Ricardo Legorreta, circa 1960. The butaque
Category
Vintage 1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Loveseats
Materials
Leather
Butaque Leather Lounge Chair in the Manner of William Spratling
By William Spratling
Located in Atlanta, GA
Butaque leather lounge chair, in the manner of William Spratling, Mexican, circa 1940s. The leather
Category
Vintage 1940s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Brass
Butaque Lounge Chair in the Style of Clara Porset, Saddle Leather
By Clara Porset
Located in Miami, FL
Wood and leather lounge chair in the style of Clara Porset.
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
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.
Category
1990s American Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
H 35.25 in W 25.75 in D 31.75 in
Pierre Lottier Leather Oak Chairs Highback For Valmazan, Spain 1950
By Pierre Lottier, Valmazan
Located in Vienna, AT
version of a pair of cognac leather Butaque oak chairs in original great condition, bearing the makers
Category
Vintage 1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Clara Porset Steel Desk for DM Nacional Company
By Clara Porset
Located in Mexico City, MX
modernity with local tradition. Indeed, she is perhaps best known for her variations on the butaque, a low
Category
Vintage 1960s Mexican Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Michael Van Beuren Chair for Domus
By Michael van Beuren, Domus
Located in New York, NY
rarely seen example, melds the traditional curved rails of butaque chairs into a fluid modernist design
Category
Vintage 1940s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Pine, Rush
Butaque Chair from the Rosa and Miguel Covarruvias Personal Collection
By Miguel Covarrubias
Located in Mexico City, DF
Butaque chair from the Rosa and Miguel Covarruvias personal collection. Engraved initials.
Category
Vintage 1930s Mexican Lounge Chairs
Clara Porset "Butaque" Chair
Located in Treasure Island, CA
Clara Porset was Mexico's leading furniture designer of the 1940's and 1950's. She was chosen by Eliot Noyes as Mexico's entry for the MOMA's Organic Design contest of 1941 (the same...
Category
Vintage 1940s Mexican Chairs
Materials
Wood
Pair of Spratling Chairs
By William Spratling
Located in Santa Fe, NM
(a.k.a. butaque) chair by eliminating ornamentation, commissioning local carpenters to hand-craft the
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Mexican Deerskin Butaque Rocking Chair
Located in San Miguel Allende, GTO
Made in Campache, Mexico circa 1900
Category
Early 20th Century Mexican Rocking Chairs
Materials
Wood
Classic Butaque
Located in Mexico City, DF
Often associated with the hacienda and ubiquitous in many parts of Mexico, the butaque is an
Category
Vintage 1960s Mexican Lounge Chairs
Materials
Brass
1930's Butaque Attributed to William Spartling
Located in San Miguel Allende, GTO
Attributed to William Spratling. Certainly from Tasco, Mexico 1930's.
Category
Vintage 1930s Mexican Slipper Chairs
Materials
Leather
Childs Butaque from the Residence of Indio Fernandez
Located in San Miguel Allende, GTO
This Butaque comes from the Mexico City residence of of the famed Mexican actor,writer and film
Category
Vintage 1950s Mexican Modern Slipper Chairs
Materials
Leather
Pair of Domus ‘San Miguel’ Chairs by Michael van Beuren
By Michael van Beuren
Located in Mexico City, DF
embraces the body along with embracing the line of the butaque, a ubiquitous chair found throughout Mexico
Category
Vintage 1940s Mexican Lounge Chairs
Materials
Cotton, Wood
Clara Porset Butaque Chairs Attributed to Clara Porset, México, 1940s
By Clara Porset
Located in San Francisco, CA
These vintage midcentury butaque (or butaca) chairs are attributed to Cuban designer, Clara Porset
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
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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.
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