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EARLY MEXICAN HANDMADE FURNITURE CONSOLE

Clásicos Mexicanos
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Architect, designer, and cult figure of 20th-century Mexican architecture, Manuel Parra approached space as a total composition — blending building, furniture, and material into a unified language. Known for repurposing elements from his own construction sites, he developed Early Mexican Handmade Furniture, a series of raw, sculptural pieces made from reclaimed wood. His work reflects a deep reverence for colonial form, vernacular craft, and the lived poetry of architecture made by hand.

Part of Parra’s Early Handmade Furniture series, the console reflects a vision of architecture lived through objects — where furniture is not added to space, but born from it. Each piece is singular, shaped by resourcefulness, rhythm, and the everyday poetry of material reuse.

Design
Originally built from reclaimed wood sourced from his own construction sites, this handmade console by Manuel Parra transforms salvaged material into structure with presence. Raw textures, simple joins, and clean geometry give the piece a sculptural austerity — compact yet monumental in form. The collection presented by Clasicos Mexicanos is keeping the same design, and vibrancy, with a classic Mexican wood, the Parota wood.
Year
1955
Dimensions
IN H 29.5 W 74.8 D 11.8
Materials +
  • Parota wood
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