Museum ArmChair for Art Hotels

The Frailero Armchair by José Luis Pérez Ortega is an icon of 20th century Spanish design, present in the most important design museums in Spain. ArtesMoble manufactures the original piece numbered and signed by its designer. 

SILLÓN FRAILERO ARTESPAÑA

Designer: José Luis Pérez Ortega (1989)

Producer: ArtesMoble

Materials: Stainless steel, leather, Spanish walnut wood.

SPANISH NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DECORATIVE ARTS. MADRID (2021)

DESIGN MUSEUM OF BARCELONA (1994)

 

In 1987, the national craftsmanship company Artespaña commissioned renowned architects and designers of the time, such as Rafael Moneo, Pedro Miralles, José Luis Pérez Ortega, Oscar Tusquets, to design a piece of furniture for the company's new image. 

José Luis Pérez Ortega graduated at the Scuola Politécnica in Milan as an industrial designer with Bruno Munari as a teacher and collaborator of the architect Gianfranco Frattini in his Milan studio and founder together with Miguel Durán-Loriga Uno, the experimental design school at Madrid in 1984. proposes to design a product in the spirit and philosophy of the company.

After a rigorous study of Spanish historical furniture, in 1988 he presented as a design a new armchair with a volumetric similar to the historical convent armchair of the 16th century but of great formal simplicity and linear character with a stainless steel structure, upholstered in leather and armrests in Spanish walnut wood carved with the scroll of a violin evoking its historical past.

 

The Frailero Artespaña ArmChair by Jose Luis Pérez Ortega is present at the permanent collection of the Barcelona Design Museum since 1994, the new edition manufactured by ArtesMoble has been incorporated into the National Museum of Decorative Arts to form part of the history of Spanish design.

With the purpose of present this icon of Spanish history design available to the Art and Luxury Hotels, ArtesMoble produces the original piece numbered and signed by its designer, Mr. José Luis Pérez Ortega in a wide variety of customizable finishes.