Ash Portuguese Roots Chair by Alexandre Caldas

About the Item

Ash Portuguese roots chair by Alexandre Caldas Dimensions: W 40 x D 39 x H 73 cm Materials: Ash PORTUGUESE ROOTS Chair, was inspired by its original model from 1950, created by Gonçalo Rodrigues dos Santos and designed today by Alexandre Caldas. An exclusive wood chair design in solid wood and natural oil. The history of this wooden chair with arms goes back to the post-war era, the late forties (1940s). The chair was original design in metal for outdoors major cafés in Lisbon and subsequently to the rest of the country. After that , the chair had it`s ups and downs due to the market opening, plastic furniture and other products. Although the original model as a long time living among Portuguese people, however, for the Rest of the World, this chair was unknown since 2013, the year that AROUNDtheTREE was born. The design can be inspiring for those who deal with it in a day-to-day use. In this case, the comfort and the organization frees us for the creative process, while is functionality tries to be unobtrusive and restrained, without harming the environment that surrounds it. Without great effort, its user can easily reach everywhere and access the tools of work Locust working desk The construction of the legs in an “X” mode, confers an extreme stability without further lockups, since the locking is already part of the design. Also the way the top trapdoors are designed conceals the hinges, making imperceptible the way they open and close. Our values lie in the respect, protection and sense of continuity towards our natural resources, our roots must be preserved, maintained and cared so they can keep inspiring us as well as our future generations. We are committed to be a sustainable brand; We feel obligatedto respect the purity of the materials we use in our pieces giving them the importance they deserve and making products that can be cared through generations with maintenance and repair. Portugal has centuries of history in woodworking, we draw honoring that tradition and combining it with state-of-the-arttechnologies, always trying to produce furniture with a high-level practical value and connecting our ancestry’s generations with the ones to come. Every masterpiece we make represents a tribute to the materials we use. This vow of respect represents the value of our collection and makes it possible for us to ensure the quality of our pieces, giving us the confidence to mark them as “Made in Portugal” with the distinctiveness it deserves.

Creator:

Alexandre Caldas (Designer)

Dimensions:

Height: 28.75 in (73 cm)Width: 19.3 in (49 cm)Depth: 15.75 in (40 cm)

Style:

Organic Modern (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Ash

Place of Origin:

Portugal

Period:

2010-