Don Shoemaker Parquetry Work Box for Senal SA, Mexico, Label
By Senal, Don S. Shoemaker
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great parquetry box, designed for Don Shoemaker, label, Senal SA.
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Senal Sa
Mid-Century Mexican Modern Don Shoemaker Senal SA Sling Swinger Chairs Set of 4
$24,000
H 32.5 in W 30.5 in D 30 in
Mid-Century Mexican Modern Don Shoemaker Senal SA Sling Swinger Chairs Set of 4
By Senal, Don S. Shoemaker
Located in Forney, TX
by Shoemaker in the late 1950s and manufactured by his workshop Señal, S.A. in Santa María de Guido
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Don Shoemaker Folding Arm Chair, Mexico c.1960
By Senal, Don S. Shoemaker
Located in San Francisco, CA
by Don Shoemaker for Senal SA. Can be used as dining chair or accent chair. The chair is made out of
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Don Shoemaker Folding Arm Chair, Mexico c.1960
By Senal, Don S. Shoemaker
Located in San Francisco, CA
Don Shoemaker for Senal SA. Can be used as dining chair or accent chair. The chair is made out of
Category
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Materials
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Don Shoemaker Stool
By Don S. Shoemaker
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. Signed with a Senal SA tag.
Category
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Custom Don Shoemaker Dining Table
By Don S. Shoemaker
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Zebrawood. Solid Cocoboblo legs. Unusal base. Made in Santa Maria de Guido, Mexico. Senal, SA.
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Materials
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Cocobolo Vessel by Mexican Modernist Don Shoemaker, 1970s
By Don S. Shoemaker
Located in San Diego, CA
furniture and Craft business in Señal SA in Morelia, Michoacán and lived there until his death in 1990. In
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Don Shoemaker Box with Senal SA, Mexico, Label
By Don S. Shoemaker
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this fantastic parquetry box, designed for Don Shoemaker, includes, Senal SA label, circa
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Vintage 1960s Don Shoemaker Cocobolo Cigarette Box
By Don S. Shoemaker, Senal
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. Minor scratch on top of box and several minor scratches on the bottom of the box. (See photos). Senal SA
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DON SHOEMAKER
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DON SHOEMAKER
By Don S. Shoemaker
Located in Chicago, IL
studio label to underside: [Senal SA Hecho En Mexico].
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Vintage 1970s Mexican Boxes
Materials
Mahogany, Rosewood
Rare Exotic Cocobolo Rosewood Dining Table by Don Shoemaker for Senal, Signed
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H 30 in W 74 in D 38 in
Rare Exotic Cocobolo Rosewood Dining Table by Don Shoemaker for Senal, Signed
By Senal, Don S. Shoemaker
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. Also consider this Don Shoemaker for Senal SA dining table as a bit of juxtaposition in an otherwise
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Vintage 1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
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Rosewood
Don Shoemaker for Senal S.A. Cocobolo Rosewood Lidded Catch-All Box, Signed
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H 2.5 in W 8 in D 5.5 in
Don Shoemaker for Senal S.A. Cocobolo Rosewood Lidded Catch-All Box, Signed
By Senal, Don S. Shoemaker
Located in Los Angeles, CA
current selection of Don Shoemaker for Senal SA collection. Mexican Modern is a style that fits
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Don Shoemaker Spice Rack for Señal SA
By Don S. Shoemaker, Senal
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
furniture and crafted them out of the local exotic tropical hardwoods. His company Señal, S. A. was a great
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Vintage 1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
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Don Shoemaker for Senal S.A. Cocobolo Rosewood Lidded Box, Signed
By Senal, Don S. Shoemaker
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Shoemaker for Senal SA collection. Mexican Modern is a style that fits incredibly well with Mid-Century
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Vintage 1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
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Large Cocobolo Rosewood Lidded Box by Don Shoemaker for Senal S.A., Signed
By Senal, Don S. Shoemaker
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Shoemaker for Senal SA collection. Mexican Modern is a style that fits incredibly well with Mid-Century
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Don Shoemaker for Senal S.A. Cocobolo Rosewood Swinger Chair and Ottoman, Signed
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H 33 in W 30.5 in D 30 in
Don Shoemaker for Senal S.A. Cocobolo Rosewood Swinger Chair and Ottoman, Signed
By Senal, Don S. Shoemaker
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, contact us for our current selection of Don Shoemaker for Senal SA collection. Whether you are
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Don Shoemaker for Senal S.A. Cocobolo Rosewood Swinger Chair and Ottoman, Signed
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H 33 in W 30.5 in D 30 in
Don Shoemaker for Senal S.A. Cocobolo Rosewood Swinger Chair and Ottoman, Signed
By Senal, Don S. Shoemaker
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, and more, contact us for our current selection of Don Shoemaker for Senal SA collection. Whether
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4th OF JULY SALE! Sloucher Slings by Don Shoemaker, Original Leather
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H 27.5 in W 23.5 in D 25.5 in
4th OF JULY SALE! Sloucher Slings by Don Shoemaker, Original Leather
By Don S. Shoemaker
Located in Los Angeles, CA
support the original thick saddle leather slings in classic black. Manufactured by Senal SA, Mexico, one
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Don Shoemaker Sling Swinger Lounge Chair for Senal SA
Located in Long Beach, CA
Don Shoemaker Leather and Cocobolo Wood Sling Swinger Lounge Chair for Senal SA Made in Mexico c
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Cuerno Table by Don Shoemaker for Senal SA, Mexico, 1960s
By Don S. Shoemaker
Located in Sylacauga, AL
A stunning side table, known as the Cuerno table, by Don Shoemaker in cocobolo (rosewood) parquetry top with bocote legs, Mexico, 1960s.
Category
Vintage 1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
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Don Shoemaker Suite for Senal SA, Mexico, 1960s
By Don S. Shoemaker
Located in Sylacauga, AL
A suite by Don Shoemaker comprised of a pair of lounge chairs and ottomans, in bocote, a Central American hardwood, and leather. In lovely, original condition. The tops of the chair...
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Vintage 1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Chairs
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With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the senal sa you’re looking for. A senal sa — often made from wood, metal and bronze — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the senal sa you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. A senal sa, designed in the mid-century modern, Art Deco or industrial style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. You’ll likely find more than one senal sa that is appealing in its simplicity, but Don S. Shoemaker, Senal and Edouard Drouot produced versions that are worth a look.
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Don S. Shoemaker for sale on 1stDibs
If it weren’t for his honeymoon, American furniture designer Don S. Shoemaker might not have played any role in Mexican modernism of the mid-20th century.
Born in Nebraska in 1919, Shoemaker studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago during the 1930s. In the 1940s he got married, and he and his wife, Barbara, ventured to Mexico for their honeymoon. Enamored with the country, Shoemaker decided that Mexico should become the newlyweds' permanent home. They settled in a town called Santa Maria de Guido in Michoacán, where Shoemaker spent his days painting and growing rare plants.
Through horticulture, Shoemaker became inspired by Mexico’s tropical woods, such as cocobolo, a Mexican rosewood, and he decided to delve into furniture design. In the late 1950s, he started a small factory, producing hand-carved desks, armchairs, dining room tables, decorative boxes and bowls, and serveware. The popularity of Shoemaker’s furnishings grew throughout Mexico, and his small factory became the Señal S.A. company, employing more than 100 skilled artisans and carpenters.
Shoemaker’s handcrafted designs were essentially a mid-century modern interpretation of traditional Mexican household furnishings, and like Clara Porset — an unsung Cuban-born activist, writer and designer who drew on Mexican craft traditions in her concepts for furniture — he found inspiration in his adopted country. These influences can be seen in iconic Shoemaker originals like the Sling collection of seating, the Suspension stool and several of his table designs.
Shoemaker's furniture was exhibited in showrooms in several major Mexican cities and across the U.S., including Houston, Chicago, and Los Angeles. (And mid-century modernist ideas that traveled between Mexico and California didn’t make one-way trips — they bounced back and forth.)
After Shoemaker died in 1990, his son George took over Señal S.A. The company closed after George’s death in the early 2000s.
Shoemaker’s Mexican modern furnishings continue to be coveted by avid furniture collectors around the world. From 2016 to 2017, the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City dedicated a retrospective exhibition to honoring his work.
On 1stDibs, discover a range of vintage Don S. Shoemaker desks, seating, decorative objects and serveware.
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