Description
ESTEVA, FIGUERAS AND HOYOS SUCCESSORS. Closet, c. 1900. Walnut and root wood, mahogany and mirror. Presents some marks of use. Needs refinishing. Stamped Esteva, Figueras and Sucesores de Hoyos. Bibliography consulted: "Un tríptico expositor en la exposición anglo-latina de Londres de 1912", Josep Capsir Maíz, Museu del Disseny de Barcelona. Measurements: 270 x 220 x 65 cm. Cabinet with a walnut and mahogany wood structure that stands out for its exquisite top of Gaudí reminiscences, with a foliage of sinuous profile whose moldings simulate vegetable waves. The body is structured in three lanes, two lateral ones with the same design and a central one of larger dimensions. Each of the lanes is decorated with carved vegetal motifs and glass moons. It was in the 19th century, when the moons were first introduced in the cabinets largely popularized by the bourgeois taste. The upper body of the cabinet is notable for the fine carving that decorates the front of each door based on "coups de Fouet" and a large floral bouquet, located in the center of the top, characteristic of Art Nouveau. The successful collective seal of Esteva, Figueras y Sucesores de Hoyos was founded by the painter and decorator Joan Esteva Casals (1874-1957); the painter, portraitist and illustrator Claudio Hoyos Ayala (1875-1905) and the painter Francisco de Paula Figueras Sagués (1872-1948). After Hoyos' sudden death, it was his widow Concepción Doménech Vendrell who joined the company, adopting and including the term "Successors" in the name. The popularity that the company reached thanks to the good work of its founders led to the realization of important artistic projects by the most renowned designers of the time. The company would later become Esteva y Cía because Francisco de Paula Figueras was excluded from the project.
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ESTEVA, FIGUERAS AND HOYOS SUCCESSORS. Closet, c. 1900. Walnut and root wood, mahogany and mirror. Presents some marks of use. Needs refinishing. Stamped Esteva, Figueras and Sucesores de Hoyos. Bibliography consulted: "Un tríptico expositor en la exposición anglo-latina de Londres de 1912", Josep Capsir Maíz, Museu del Disseny de Barcelona. Measurements: 270 x 220 x 65 cm. Cabinet with a walnut and mahogany wood structure that stands out for its exquisite top of Gaudí reminiscences, with a foliage of sinuous profile whose moldings simulate vegetable waves. The body is structured in three lanes, two lateral ones with the same design and a central one of larger dimensions. Each of the lanes is decorated with carved vegetal motifs and glass moons. It was in the 19th century, when the moons were first introduced in the cabinets largely popularized by the bourgeois taste. The upper body of the cabinet is notable for the fine carving that decorates the front of each door based on "coups de Fouet" and a large floral bouquet, located in the center of the top, characteristic of Art Nouveau. The successful collective seal of Esteva, Figueras y Sucesores de Hoyos was founded by the painter and decorator Joan Esteva Casals (1874-1957); the painter, portraitist and illustrator Claudio Hoyos Ayala (1875-1905) and the painter Francisco de Paula Figueras Sagués (1872-1948). After Hoyos' sudden death, it was his widow Concepción Doménech Vendrell who joined the company, adopting and including the term "Successors" in the name. The popularity that the company reached thanks to the good work of its founders led to the realization of important artistic projects by the most renowned designers of the time. The company would later become Esteva y Cía because Francisco de Paula Figueras was excluded from the project.
