Beautiful chair with woven seat made in Mexican Chicozapote wood

The Vestige refers to the memory of the traditions of cultures that are observed for imitation and example. Alluding to its name, this collection of furniture stands as a contemporar...

The Vestige refers to the memory of the traditions of cultures that are observed for imitation and example. Alluding to its name, this collection of furniture stands as a contemporar...

This beautiful bowl, perfect as a centerpiece, is hand-crafted from Mexican Machiche wood retrieved from the Mayan jungle. Machiche wood is renowned for its rich, dark tones and stri...

This beautiful bowl is hand-crafted from reclaimed Mexican Granadillo wood, carefully sourced from the ancient Mayan jungle. Renowned for its rich, deep hues and intricate grain patt...

A hand-crafted teak framed & woven leather strap chair. These chairs are crafted by local artisans using a wood joinery technique without the use of nails. They feature a subtle wood...

C. 19th Century Set of 4 European wood ladderback chairs w/ woven seats 1 of the Seats has Minor Bottom side Damage but you can still use the Chair & Sit.

Mid-century designers were eager to break free from the aesthetics of the past and experiment with new forms, and techniques. At the same time, especially in Europe, the modernist design movement was often based on traditional styles and techniques, such as turned chairs. Turned chairs — sometimes called thrown chairs or spindle chairs — represent a style of Elizabethan or Jacobean turned furniture that had a vogue in the late 16th and early 17th century. The technique was carried on to the 20th century and was widespread in Europe as well, where craftsmen created durable pieces for various interiors and purposes. In turned furniture, the individual wooden spindles of the piece were made by shaping them with chisels and gouges while they were being spun, or turned between the centre points of a lathe. The construction of this pair is evocative of the more robust Arts and Crafts Movement, featuring subtle decorative elements such as the finials atop the backs. The sphere-shaped finials aren’t the only ornamentations on the design; the shape of the two splats on the back, the carved stretchers and carving on the feet are all decorative features that make this pair visually arresting. In later turned chairs, like this pair, rush seats were common. Here, the seats are woven around the frames with a light colour that beautifully contrasts to the dark, patinated wood. The partnership of the two natural materials is very effective as well; the wood and rush pair...

Offered is a beautiful chiavari chair made in Liguria, Italy, in the 1930s, probably older. It shows some scratches, also patina and paint lost, but this is old-age. It has a woven w...