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CHAIRS
Cadira estil Directori, fusta de noguera (conjunt de 4 u.), s. XVIII
Isabelino style armchair, 18th c.
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Trio of armchairs in solid beech wood, '50s, Deco style, 19th c.
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Armchair, walnut wood, early 18th c.
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Pair of "Cesca" chairs, 19th c.
They arrive at the workshop with the grille broken and both varnish damaged. The varnish has been removed, re-varnished and a new grill installed.
It is an icon of 19th century design and one of the symbols of the Bauhaus.
Its design is assigned to Marcel Breuer, Hungarian architect and designer among the most influential of the Bauhaus school. He designed it as "B32" in 1928, taking a step further in chair design because, the Cesca chair (although it was not yet called that), supported itself on two legs. A breakthrough in the world of design. Six years earlier, he had taken his first steps with tubular structures, in 1925, he created the Wassily chair, an armchair also with a steel structure.
On the other hand, the Dutchman Mart Stam presented an equal design in Germany in 1927. And here the controversy begins, and both designers (Breuer and Stam) went to trial.
Although Stam won it, it is the Hungarian from the Bauhaus school who went down in history as a designer.
In the 1950s, Breuer assigned the rights to the B32 to Dino Gavina, in Foligno (Italy). It was then that it was named the Cesca chair, in honor of Breuer's daughter, whose name was Francesca. They are still produced today due to their contemporary design.
It is an icon of 19th century design and one of the symbols of the Bauhaus.
Its design is assigned to Marcel Breuer, Hungarian architect and designer among the most influential of the Bauhaus school. He designed it as "B32" in 1928, taking a step further in chair design because, the Cesca chair (although it was not yet called that), supported itself on two legs. A breakthrough in the world of design. Six years earlier, he had taken his first steps with tubular structures, in 1925, he created the Wassily chair, an armchair also with a steel structure.
On the other hand, the Dutchman Mart Stam presented an equal design in Germany in 1927. And here the controversy begins, and both designers (Breuer and Stam) went to trial.
Although Stam won it, it is the Hungarian from the Bauhaus school who went down in history as a designer.
In the 1950s, Breuer assigned the rights to the B32 to Dino Gavina, in Foligno (Italy). It was then that it was named the Cesca chair, in honor of Breuer's daughter, whose name was Francesca. They are still produced today due to their contemporary design.
Pair of Modernist chairs in olive wood with marquetry border, 19th c.
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Solid olive wood armchair, 19th c. '30s.
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Pair of armchairs in solid walnut wood, '50s, 19th c.
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Set of solid beech chairs, 19th c.
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Pair of Majorcan chaise longues in beech wood, with armrests, with double position (sitting or lying down), 19th c.
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They arrive at the workshop with the armrests and a cross member broken and badly fixed. And with faded blue fabric and fixed with studs.
They took it apart, redid all the broken parts with solid beech, and made 4 new parts (2 crossbars and 2 removable cannulas) to fit the new fabric and make it removable. They have been assembled again, reintegrated the color and varnished with exterior varnish.
They say that deckchairs were born on the decks of ships in the early 1900s, and over time they moved from ships to bathing areas. But they were not rented, each brought his own. Originally the fabric was fixed with studs (they prevented the fabric from being changed or washed).
This fabric is known around the world as ikat. They began to be seen in Europe about 600 years ago, when Marco Polo took them from the Silk Road. Now, the only three language fabric workshops in Europe are in Mallorca.
They arrive at the workshop with the armrests and a cross member broken and badly fixed. And with faded blue fabric and fixed with studs.
They took it apart, redid all the broken parts with solid beech, and made 4 new parts (2 crossbars and 2 removable cannulas) to fit the new fabric and make it removable. They have been assembled again, reintegrated the color and varnished with exterior varnish.
They say that deckchairs were born on the decks of ships in the early 1900s, and over time they moved from ships to bathing areas. But they were not rented, each brought his own. Originally the fabric was fixed with studs (they prevented the fabric from being changed or washed).
This fabric is known around the world as ikat. They began to be seen in Europe about 600 years ago, when Marco Polo took them from the Silk Road. Now, the only three language fabric workshops in Europe are in Mallorca.
Pair beech wood armchairs. 1/2 19th c.
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Shoe remover, 1/2 19th c.
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