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Creator: William Spratling
William Spratling 1940s Mexican Butaque Chair
By William Spratling
Located in San Francisco, CA
This piece reeks of adventure. Visualize a seated Hemmingway cupping his Daiquiri and recalling his war correspondent days during the Spanish Civil War. Crafted of solid sabino wood, original and patinated by life like Hemmingway, this is a "Butaque" chair by the American-born designer William Spratling. And it was produced in his workshops in Taxco, Mexico, primarily in the 1940s and 1950s. While Spratling is widely known as the "Father of Mexican Silver" for reviving the town's silver industry, he also designed furniture. These chairs were handmade from local Mexican sabino wood...
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1940s Mexican Modern Vintage William Spratling Chairs

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    William Spratling's model and inspiration was pre-Columbian decorative objects. For example, he patterned the Quetzalcoatl brooch off the details of a heart bowl found in the collection of the Museo Nacional de Antropología in Mexico City, Mexico. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of William Spratling jewelry and decorative objects.

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