Totonaca Chair

Clara Porset was a Mexican designer and craftsperson active across furniture, textiles, and industrial design throughout the twentieth century. Working primarily in wood and natural fibers, she developed a modernist vocabulary rooted in pre-Columbian forms and Mexican vernacular traditions. Her practice bridged artisanal production and industrial manufacture, establishing a distinctive approach to design that valued material integrity and cultural specificity. Porset's work remains central to the development of Mexican modernism.