About ADN Galeria
ADN Galería is the first design gallery founded in Mexico City. We have been dedicated for more than 13 years to studying and dealing historical design in Mexico -mostly 20th century- and have, in the last few years, included a very selected program of contemporary design. ADN (Spanish for DNA) is for us the symbol of that which makes each thing unique, and at the same time, it is that which gives things continuity in time, the features that pass from one generation to the next. We founded ADN Galería with passion for unique design that acknowledges the past to create ...Read More
Established in 20031stDibs seller since 2019
Contact InfoFeatured Pieces
"Zig Zag Chairs"
By Don S. Shoemaker
Located in Mexico City, MX
Made in Michoacan, Mexico at Shoemaker Workshop in 1980s.
Perfect condition. Great patina.
Beautiful pieces.
Category
1990s Mexican Organic Modern Chairs
Materials
Fruitwood
Don Shoemaker Large Serving Tray /Cutting Board Made with Different Woods
By Don S. Shoemaker
Located in Mexico City, MX
This is a Mexican wood tray, cutting board or serving platter made in 1960s in Michoacan, Mexico by Don Shoemaker.
It is in excelllent condition and...
Category
Vintage 1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Butcher Blocks
Materials
Hardwood
Set of 6 Coasters
By Don S. Shoemaker
Located in Mexico City, MX
Made with amazing tropical woods in Michoacán Mexico by Iconic woodmaster and designer Don Shoemaker.
Very practical and refined.
Coming from an affluent family, Don was originally from Nebraska. During the 1930s he studied at the Fine Arts Institute of Chicago thinking to become a painter. Visiting Mexico for his honeymoon he fell in love with the country and he finally decided to move to Mexico in the late 1940s. He lived for a while and painted in San Miguel Allende, Guanajuato, but finally he settled down in a little uphill town called Santa María de Guido, overseeing the city of Morelia, in the state of Michoacán, Mexico.
Don began the manufacture of his furniture in tropical precious woods and other wood products. What started as a little factory in the late 1950s called SEÑAL, S.A., grew to the point where Don employed more than a hundred skilled craftsmen. Soon Shoemaker became an important milestone of the economic and cultural life of his adopted home. SEÑAL, S.A. brought great wealth and economical boost to the village and Don was well known for his good heart and charity projects.
Don S. Shoemaker delivered furniture pieces in to his showrooms in Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston and large cities in Mexico. His designs were very much appreciated by wealthy Mexican families...
Category
Vintage 1980s Mexican Organic Modern Barware
Materials
Hardwood
Modernist Designer Palle Seiersen Frost "Organic Screen"
Located in Mexico City, MX
Made in Mexico by Danish modernist master architect and designer Palle Seiersen Frost.
This screen is made of cloth with ink and wooden frame. Very nice warm tones and shadows.
Category
2010s Mexican Anglo-Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Paper
Don Shoemaker
By Don S. Shoemaker
Located in Mexico City, MX
All original Don Shoemaker paper basket. Almost perfect condition.
Wood and leather.
Category
Vintage 1980s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Decorative Baskets
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Don Shoemaker Magazine Rack
By Don S. Shoemaker
Located in Mexico City, MX
Great design with noble materials as it is solid wood and leather.
Very simple yet very elegant.
Made in 1960s in Michoacan Mexico.
Very good shape, all original.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands
Materials
Leather, Fruitwood