Clara Porset Patinated Leather and Cypress 'Butaque' Armchair, Mexico, c. 1947

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Clara Porset Patinated Leather and Cypress 'Butaque' Armchair, Mexico, c. 1947

Price:$5,200

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An incredible 'Butaque' armchair attributed to Clara Porset in gorgeous patinated leather and cypress wood, designed in 1947 Mexico. *Note, the 2 additional chairs in the last few images have sold and are no longer available. 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 hybrid of Spanish X-frame chairs and pre-Columbian ritual duhos, the Butaque chair appeared in late 16th century Venezuela and proliferated across trade routes from New Orleans to Havana. 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. Mexico’s Butaque chair was right up Clara Porset’s alley. She wrote that she was attracted to furniture that exhibited an “acute sensitivity to a region’s climate, natural materials, level of technical development, and evolution in terms of its social structure, aesthetics, and customs.” The designer tapped artisans to create versions in local materials such as oak, mahogany, wicker, and leather. Archivist Jorge Vadillo López explains “Her ergonomic adaptation in structure makes it modern,”. Architect Luis Barragán commissioned some of Porset’s Butaques, while designer-artists Anni and Josef Albers produced a series of seats based on one. These Porset Butaque chairs would work great in a Mid-Century Modern, Scandanavian Modern or Danish Modern home or penthouse apartment but could also look fantastic in a Contemporary or Post-Modern room. Also consider mixing it up in a Traditional, Transitional, Classical or Art Deco room with a splash of juxtaposition. Would also be an apt choice in a commercial project such as a hotel lobby lounge or members club, creative design studio or high-rise executive office. Consider using as side chairs, dining, cafe or breakfast table chairs, bedside chairs, fireside chairs, dressing or changing room chairs, hallway chairs, entryway or mudroom chairs, nursing or reading chairs, conference room chairs, office or desk guest chairs, lobby lounge chairs or occasional chairs ideal in virtually any setting. MEASUREMENTS: H 42.25" x W 29.5" x D 34.25" Seat Height: 13" Seat Depth: 15" Arm Height: 22.75" CONDITION: Wood frames have been refinished and are in excellent condition. Leather has attractive heavy patina which is desirable for these types of chairs. Ready to be used and loved immediately.

Attributed to:
Clara Porset (Designer)
Dimensions:
Height: 42.25 in (107.32 cm)Width: 29.5 in (74.93 cm)Depth: 34.25 in (87 cm)Seat Height: 13 in (33.02 cm)
Style:
Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Leather,Wood
Place of Origin:
Mexico
Period:
1940-1949
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1947
Condition:
Refinished. Wood frames have been refinished and are in excellent condition. Leather has attractive heavy patina which is desirable for these types of chairs. Ready to be used and loved immediately.
Seller Location:
Los Angeles, CA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU1330226629802

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