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Hector Aguilar Center Table Made in Mezquite Wood
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Circa 1940. We offer this rare center table designed and signed by Hector Aguilar Taxco México, made in mezquite wood.
Hector Aguilar was a master silversmith, jewelry maker, and the first graduate from William Spratling’s famous apprenticeships in Taxco, Mexico. He met Spratling almost by chance while bringing a load of tourists to Taxco from Mexico City in the 1930s. Aguilar was one of Spratling’s best pupils, who often worked with close-to-pure silver (rated at 980 instead of the 925 of sterling silver on the silver scale). Aguilar was also a great businessman who only stayed at Spratling’s workshop for three years before finding investors for his own workshop, Taller Borda.
Aguilar’s Taller Borda became a huge success in 1943, when they secured a contract with an American jewelry company, Coro. They produced several notable designs for Coro throughout the 1940s. Hector kept Taller Borda running until 1966 when he closed up shop and enjoyed a nearly 20-year retirement, his place in the firmament of great Mexican silversmiths already secured.
- Creator:Hector Aguilar (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 19.69 in (50 cm)Width: 44.89 in (114 cm)Depth: 22.45 in (57 cm)
- Style:Industrial (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1940
- Condition:Refinished. Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Mexico City, MX
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU4252241388922
Hector Aguilar
Hector Aguilar was born in 1905, he apprenticed under William Spratling at a young age, and by the age of 30, he was the top shop manager for William Spratling. Inspired by Aztec and Mextex art, Aguilar preferred to work with purer silver (rated at 940 rather than the customary 925 of Sterling Silver). Gifted with a keen business sense as well as his artistic ability, and due to wartime shortages in the US, Aguilar was able to secure a contract with the American costume jewelry company Coro in 1943, to produce silver jewelry, supplying Coro with unique Mexican designs until 1950. In 1948, Aguilar opened the Taller Borda, which quickly became one of the premier retail silver outlets in Taxco, where they offered the highest quality fine silver jewelry, hollowware and flatware that was produced at the Aguilar workshops.
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