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About Filipino Narra Hardwood

Filipino narra hardwood furniture, made from the country's national tree (Pterocarpus indicus), defined mid-century heritage craft across the Philippines from 1950 to 1990. Its heartwood ranges golden-yellow to reddish-brown with interlocked, sometimes wavy grain and a high natural luster, hand-polished to a warm reddish-amber glow.

This design system distills that polished narra surface into digital form — deep reddish-brown wood grounds, honeyed amber grain, and woven-rattan tan inlay used sparingly as accent. Warm serif typography carries the grounded, heritage-craft voice of the butaka-chair tradition.

Learn more about the Filipino Narra Hardwood style

Origin
Southeast Asia — Philippines
Era
1950–1990 (Filipino heritage furniture; butaka-chair tradition)
Key figures
Filipino furniture makers and woodworkers · Butaka-chair artisans · Heritage-furniture craftsmen
Movements
Filipino heritage furniture · Narra hardwood craftsmanship · Butaka 'lazy chair' tradition

Filipino Narra Hardwood design spec

Colors

Background
Surface
Primary
Secondary
Accent
Text

Typography

LoraHeadings
Noto SerifBody
Cormorant GaramondMono
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