Neo-Art Nouveau Dining Chairs by Arroyo Design, in Mesquite

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Designed and executed by Arroyo Design in the mid 2000's as part of a large dining set.

Arroyo Design specialized … Read more Designed and executed by Arroyo Design in the mid 2000's as part of a large dining set.

Arroyo Design specialized in designing and executing historically referenced custom furniture pieces for thirty years, from 1984 - 2014. The original clients for this set have recently willed it back to us. We were often inspired by Biedermeier, Victorian eras, and spent some years working in the Craftsman design vocabulary of Charles and Sumner Greene. The Cornells, who were the clients for these pieces, were the only people for whom we worked in the Art Nouveau style, having done other pieces besides the dining set this was part of. These chairs required extensive prototyping and mock-ups in alder wood prior to their final construction, with much input from the clients.

We worked in some standard domestic hardwoods, but were primarily known for working in mesquite, as in these chairs. Mesquite is a wild desert wood that grows in the Sonoran Desert. It is exceedingly difficult to procure and work, but is nonetheless quite beautiful, as you will note.
Mortise-and-tenon joinery were standard, as in these chairs.

In this combination of material and style, it would be safe to say these chairs are unique in the world.

Some of our more notable clients included Paul and Linda Mcartney, Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana, Linda Ronstadt, Roger Waters, Gene Hackman, John Larroquette and the Dalai Lama (through the Arizona Friends of Tibet, for a 3-day lecture series he gave in Tucson).

Arroyo Design has been published in Elle Decor , Architectural Digest among many other publications.

The dining table and sideboard for this set will also be listed on Chairish. (Note: Arroyo Design is not listed in the Brand options, so the Unknown box had to be checked.) See less