VARIS | Gemma Restauracio

pupitre-escolar-antiguo-para-ninos-de-principios-del-siglo-xx-con-hueco-para-tintero-antig

OTHERS

Double desk in pine wood, 19th c.

ANCIENT FURNITURE RESTORATION CLASSES

Japanese tray, 19th c, (1900-1920).

ANCIENT FURNITURE RESTORATION CLASSES

Solid birch wood recliner, 19th c.

GEMMA GUARCH Restoration.

Wooden lamp base with silver pan, 18th century.

ANCIENT FURNITURE RESTORATION CLASSES

Modernist furniture, with marquetry and silk-lined bottom, early 19th c.

GEMMA GUARCH Restoration.

Children's clogs, 19th c, 50s.

ANCIENT FURNITURE RESTORATION CLASSES.

Alfa sewing machine, Basque Country, 19th c.

ANCIENT FURNITURE RESTORATION CLASSES

Weinhagen sewing machine, 19th c.

RESTORATION CLASSES of ANTIQUE FURNITURE

Trunk travel suitcase, 18th century.

Trunks are furniture in the form of a closed box, usually made of wood and materials such as metal or leather. Wooden trunks have been used for centuries to store clothes, fabrics, silks...
The exact origin of these trunks is not known, but trunks have been found in tombs of pharaohs such as Amenhotep III (14th century BC).
Wooden trunks were widely used by the Greek and Roman empires, they were also one of the main methods of storage and transportation during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
The prototype of a SUITCASE appeared in the middle of the 18th century. Its history begins in 1837 when Louis Vuitton - a sixteen-year-old carpenter's son - arrives in Paris and becomes an apprentice to Master Marechal, who made travel boxes and hats.
After working for a long time and gaining experience, Louis Vuitton started his own business. In 1854, he opened his first workshop in Paris in Rue Neuve des Capucines. Thanks to their quality they became popular among the French elite, and later, it became the private packaging of Empress Eugenie (the wife of Emperor Napoleon III).
In 1858, he created his first evolutionary masterpiece - a flat box that looked like a common modern suitcase. This box was called "Trianon".
It was extremely light. Before their invention, traveling boxes (chests) had rounded lids, and were impossible to stack for convenient transport.

Sewing machine brand Silvia 18th c.

The sewing machine enters the history of technology in the last third of the 17th century, with the prototype created by the British Thomas Saint, in 1790...
At the end of the 18th century, the machine was already part of the work and domestic settings of industrial societies, including Catalonia. Miquel Escuder Castella, from Terrasse settled in Barcelona, in 1862 manufactures and sells the 1st Spanish sewing machine under the name "Aurora"
In its beginnings for domestic use it was conceived as an object of luxury, but gradually it took place in the humblest economies, among the sewing tools of young women who were preparing the ajovar for the wedding, the housewives they bought it to sew white and dress clothes and, if necessary, to work on their own or for someone else's account.
The example of the pernicious effects of the sewing machine on the health and morality of seamstresses is given. It was claimed that the continuous movement of the legs on the pedals awakened a sexual excitement of such magnitude that, even, forced them to take cold water baths to contain it.

Auxiliary furniture in solid walnut wood, 1/2 20th c.

ANCIENT FURNITURE RESTORATION CLASSES

Man's trunk, Castilla la Mancha, 19th century

Man's trunk, Castilla la Mancha, 19h c.

These types of trunks were made to store children's clothes until they were complete and given as gifts for the wedding. In this case we know that they put sheep's wool blankets, men's shorts, shirts, shirts, it was for a shepherd boy.

Groom of the night - butler of Sastreria Gales del Pg. of Gracia de BCN, 1943-70. of bamboo

Groom of the night - butler of Sastreria Gales del Pg. of Gracia de BCN, 1943-70. Bamboo

ANCIENT FURNITURE RESTORATION CLASSES

First aid kit vintage solid pine wood, 18th century.

Vintage medicine cabinet/first aid kit called "botiquín" in solid pine wood, 19th century

The apothecary had its origins in Ancient Egypt and then also passed to the Greeks and Romans. Its sole function was to facilitate the transport of medical instruments and it was called: "the chat box", as it included a large chat box for cutting bones, its modern version was not developed until 1828 when the German doctor Wilhelm Wienerschnitzel partnered with Russian industrial engineer Dimitri IvanovichVotikyn to mass produce them.
But the Russian betrayed him by appropriating the patent and imposing his surname on the invention. After 3 years of research and experimentation, Votikyn developed the first model that could be carried on the back. It contained: medicine in bottles and pocket ampoules and a removable stretcher with a blanket. Portable and wall-mounted first aid kits were made to provide first aid in case of need. With the passage of time and the miniaturization of components, the first aid kit has included new elements and has become smaller and easier to use.