Furniture designer Don Shoemaker (1919-1990) was born in Nebraska. During the 1930s, he studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. In the late 1940s, he married and subsequently, on his honeymoon, fell in love with Mexico. He loved the country so much that later in the 1940s, he moved to Mexico with his wife. Shoemaker lived and painted in a town called Santa Maria de Guido, overseeing the City of Morelia in Michoacán.

Don became inspired by the tropical woods of Mexico and began to manufacture furniture from these precious timbers. What began as a small factory in the late 1950s became known as Señal S.A and grew to where Don employed more than a hundred skilled artisans. Soon he became an important figure in the economic and cultural life of his adopted town.
The furniture designed were modern interpretations of traditional Mexican furnishings. Many of his iconic designs were inspired by traditional Mexican woodwork.

This original Don Shoemaker dining chair (Model F84C) is hand crafted from indigenous Cocobolo and finished with a hand rubbed wax finish. Reimagined and reupholstered in locally tanned goat hide.

Fully restored

DIMENSIONS:

Back height: 64cm

Seat height: 48cm

Width: 55cm

Depth: 40cm