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Paco Luis Martos Sánchez

Paco Luis Martos Sánchez Carpenter
Contact
Spanish, English
Hours:
Monday to Friday 09:00 - 14:00/16:00 - 20:00
Phone:
+34 722471040
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Moorish castles to modern halls

  • • Paco Luis specialises in Mudejar coffered ceilings
  • • He restores monuments of cultural heritage
  • • His work is deeply rooted in his region’s tradition

Paco Luis Martos Sánchez specialises in the creation of Mudejar coffered ceilings, a historical form of carpentry which consists of creating wooden roofs with intricate ornaments. The craftsman creates exclusive pieces and seeks to preserve this noble ancient art, in Spain and beyond its borders. His activity has a great influence on the conservation of local cultural heritage, due to his restoration, research, and conservation work of different monuments. He is also very involved in the transmission of the craft. In the many aspects of his work, from recovery and maintenance to artisanal skills, Paco Luis works with the same know-how used more than a thousand years ago when the first wooden roofs appeared on the Iberian Peninsula.

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Works

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Polychrome Coffered Ceiling

Mudejar coffered ceiling with geometric motifs made of wood using artisan techniques. Decorated with natural pigments in tempera and gold.

Length 500 cm
Width 230 cm
Height 10 cm

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Renaissance Coffered Ceiling

Renaissance coffered ceiling for a mansion in Seville. With Renaissance outlines and pictorial decoration inspired by English Renaissance motifs. It is made of mahogany wood, with carved flowers and gilded mouldings.

Length 110 cm
Width 41 cm
Height 15 cm

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Mudejar Coffered Ceiling

Coffered ceiling inspired by the Mudejar coffered ceilings in the Casa de Pinelo, Seville. With lacquer work, polychromy and gilding according to Mudejar craftsmanship. With carved and gilded pinjantes in the corners and central carved pine cone.

Length 50 cm
Width 50 cm
Height 10 cm

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Coffered Ceiling

Structural coffered ceiling with loop work with central muqarnas pineapple and pendentives at the corners. This work is not only decorative but is a structure in its own right that supports the roof of the house.

Length 50 cm
Width 50 cm
Height 10 cm

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