Butaque Chair

An amazingly cool Mexican Modernist 1970s Butaque chair in the style of Clara Porset. Beautiful Yellowish-tan leather wrapped over the solid wood frame.

A 1940's sabino wood and leather "Miguelito" butaque chair by American designer, jeweller and silversmith William Spratling.

A wonderful pair of leather butaque chairs made in Mexico in the 1970s. Delightful rustic, primitive aesthetic.

Once the Butaque chair made its way to the U.S., where it was called the Campeche (or Campeachy) chair, Thomas Jefferson acquired one in 1819 and had it copied and adapted.

In the mid-1930s after moving to Mexico, Cuban born designer Clara Porset began researching the furniture of the region and the 'Butaque' chair captured her interest. A Colonial-era ...

The chair is van Beuren’s interpretation of the traditional butaca, or butaque chair, which was popular along coastal areas in Mexico since colonial times.

The chair is van Beuren’s interpretation of the traditional butaca, or butaque chair, which was popular along coastal areas in Mexico since colonial times.

Clara Porset 'Butaque' lounge chair c.1940s, Mexico. The lounge chair features a curvaceous solid cypress wood frame with the original brown saddle leather sling seat.

Clara Porset style butaque chair c.1970s, Mexico. The lounge chair features a curvaceous solid mahogany frame with the original brown saddle leather sling seat.

A rare, signed Butaque chair designed by William Spratling, produced in his workshop in Taxco, Mexico in the 1940’s.

This beautiful pair of Clara Porset style Butaque chairs are in gorgeous aged leather, stained wood and brass rivets.

These chairs are aesthetically arresting and design-wise, a mixture of the iconic butaque chair and Indonesian colonial planter chairs.

Once the Butaque chair made its way to the U.S., where it was called the Campeche (or Campeachy) chair, Thomas Jefferson acquired one in 1819 and had it copied and adapted.

The butaque chair is originally an example of the mestizo culture in Mexico.

Butaque leather lounge chair, in the manner of William Spratling, Mexican, circa 1940s.

Wood and leather lounge chair in the style of Clara Porset.

Great pair of lounge chairs, saddle leather has a great patina. Ready for a new home.

Original, labelled pair of Pierre Lottier chairs for Almazan, Spain Mid Century Rare high-back version of a pair of cognac leather Butaque oak chairs in original great condition, be...

Indeed, she is perhaps best known for her variations on the butaque, a low, graceful chair with a long history in Mexico.

Van Beuren was the subject of a 2010 solo exhibition at Mexico's Museo Franz Mayer, titled "Footprints of the Bauhaus." The present chair, a rarely seen example, melds the traditiona...

Butaque chair from the Rosa and Miguel Covarruvias personal collection.

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...

In the early 1930s, Spratling created a modern redesign of the Classic Spanish Colonial Campeche (a.k.a. butaque) chair by eliminating ornamentation, commissioning local carpenters t...

Made in Campache, Mexico circa 1900

Often associated with the hacienda and ubiquitous in many parts of Mexico, the butaque is an amazing design of ingenious form and extraordinary comfort.

This Butaque comes from the Mexico City residence of of the famed Mexican actor,writer and film director "EL Indio" Fernandez .

Attributed to William Spratling. Certainly from Tasco, Mexico 1930's.

The original pair of chairs being offered are the ‘San Miguel’ model of the late forties, a luxurious double seat with a curves that embraces the body along with embracing the line o...

These vintage midcentury butaque (or butaca) chairs are attributed to Cuban designer, Clara Porset, Mexico City, 1940's.

Modern Italian wall lights in the taste of Hans Agne Jakobsson's work. Structure and cup in solid brass and frosted glass disc. Excellent condition (modern creation), quantity on req...

This low table was loved by craftsmen as a "workbench" during the Meiji period. The wood grain, which has deepened with age, is reminiscent of the warm lifestyle of that time. A cu...

Table lamp from the 60s attributed to Italian designer Flavio Poli for Seguso. Faceted pyramid base in thick orange Murano glass, oval white glass shade. Original, highly decorative ...

Ramón is a credenza, a horizontal storage unit with a distinctive shape that gives it a concave surface. On the front, it has 4 doors, while inside it houses a pair of drawers and sh...

1907, Vienna. A bent beech chair designed in 1907 by illustrious Viennese architect Josef Hoffmann for the Fledermaus Cabaret in Vienna. This design, a bold and radical departure fro...

De Sede, daybed, leather, Switzerland, 1970s This De Sede daybed/lounge set includes two parts: a lounge seat and an additional ottoman-style section, allowing for versatile configu...

A beautiful early 20th Century glazed hardwood door with Japanese inspired stained glass panels depicting a parrot and other birds seated on branches of stylised blossom.

Pair of sculptural hand-crafted cocoon table lamps, Italy, 1970s. Formed by several varnished pine wood elements of different shapes and sizes, creating two curious columns of a cert...

File Rack; Pierre Jeanneret; Le Corbusier; Low Cupboard; PJ-050202; Chandigarh; 1957; 1958; 1950s; India; Cabinet; Shelving Unit; Mid-Century Modern; Bookshelf; Sideboard; Room Divid...

A rare first edition Mario Bellini Le Bambole lounge chair, in its original wonderfully patinated leather, produced by C&B Italia, Italy, in the early 1970s. Fast shipping worldw...

Walter Lamb Arm Chairs. Manufactured by Brown Jordan Beautiful natural verdigris surface Set of 6

Highback Chair designed by Chris Wegerif, made of an Oak structure with woven cane seating and back (The back has been restored at a later date). An Art and Crafts chair from aroun...