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COWBOY SADDLE

N. Porter Saddlery and Harness Co. Phoenix. Arizona. Circa 1900.


Exceptional Cowboy saddle, leather and silver, made by the firm Newton Porter. It is made up of the saddle with its stirrups, the strap and its bridle with bit and reins. The high-quality set is decorated with important sheets of cut, embossed and chiseled silver. The saddle has its typical high head, destined to tie the “rope” after linking a calf or foal. It was exhibited in the mega exhibition “América tierra de jinetes” (Mexico City - Santiago de Chile, 2018 - 2019), organized by Fomento Cultural Banamex, and illustrates its book (AAVV: C. de México, Citibanamez, 2018, pp. 200-201).


Newton Porter settled in Phoenix (USA) in 1895, becoming one of the most prestigious houses dedicated to riding equipment and especially to the manufacture of saddles.


The version that we present was undoubtedly aimed at its best audience. In the Wild West of the United States, in the second half of the 19th century, cowboys were the protagonists of rural life. The herding of cattle was a central activity and on horseback they populated that region; along with them, ranchers and landowners of great fortunes. Of course, the riding equipment responded to the uses and purchasing power of the rider. The cowboy who worked with the cattle ranch required light, resistant, functional harnesses. The same thing happened in rodeos -shows that drew crowds- while the bosses, those who gracefully on their horses showed all their power, went to the most reputable saddles and among them, N. Porter, first installed in Taylor, Texas, and later, in Phoenix, Arizona.


On the death of N. Porter -creator of one of the best-known saddle companies in the history of the United States- his son succeeded him and in the 1920s they designed a saddle or lightweight saddle, to be saddled by the famous Lee Robinson, rodeo champion. After showing off with it as well, the rider died in a car accident and said version of saddles was the introduction to the modern saddle.


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