Butaque Chair Clara Porset
Cuban born clara porset was a woman in a man s world.
Butaque chair clara porset. I have a total of 6 of these chairs. She is best remembered for her reinterpretation of the butaque chair in the 1940 s and 1950 s a low curved lounge chair with a long history in mexico. Butaque lounge chair. From 1935 until her death she lived and worked mainly in mexico where she is considered a pioneer in furniture design.
Guerrero was clara porset s silent partner the quiet husband who was behind many of clara porset s iconic furniture designs including some of her best known butaca chair. Since i am unable to include enough photos of them all i split the listing into 3 pairs. Please check on the pictures of the typical jalisco miguelito chairs and the identical butaques produced by luis barragán and clara porset. Continued from part 4 the perfect finale for the porset barragán sordo madaleno butaque chair designs chapter is mexican muralist painter and designer xavier guerrero.
Clara porset may 25 1895 may 17 1981 was a cuban born furniture and interior designer. After moving to mexico in the mid 1930s cuban designer clara porset began researching the furniture of the region and one low wooden chair captured her interest. At this moment the butaque fever reached its peak and the cloning virus was more vicious than ever. The butaque a colonial era.
Miraculously one particular chair created by clara porset for barragán looks identical to the caned butaque chairs from veracruz from the early 20 th. The butaque a colonial era hybrid of spanish x frame chairs and pre columbian ritual duhos appeared in late 16th century venezuela and proliferated across trade routes from new orleans to havana. The leather aged beautiful and retains a rustic patina. Strong willed and eager to be recognized she worked closely with luis barragán designing some of the most iconic modern mexican furniture of the 20th century.
The butaque chair by clara porset. Clara porset and the butaque chair. It has been said that the butaque chair was a hybrid created in the 16 th century influenced by the spanish x frame chairs together with the pre columbian ritual little seats called duhos nevertheless the butaque chair is widely known currently thanks to the 20 th century cuban designer clara porset 1895 1981. Like don shoemaker clara porset was not originally from mexico but adopted it as her home and immersed herself in the culture.
A beautifully aged cypress and leather butaque chair designed by cuban designer clara porset. After moving to mexico in the mid 1930s cuban designer clara porset began researching the furniture of the region and one low wooden chair captured her interest. She was educated in the united states and cuba and later studied in europe in germany and paris.