Calvet Bench by Antoni Gaudí, Solid Oak, Jugendstil Design, Spain

Bench for Casa Batllo, designed after a model by Antoni Gaudi. Manufactured in Barcelona by BD. Sculpted solid varnished oak. The model by Gaudii´ was ...

Bench for Casa Batllo, designed after a model by Antoni Gaudi. Manufactured in Barcelona by BD. Sculpted solid varnished oak. Antoni Gaudi´ (1852-1926) was a Spanish Catalan architect from Reus and the best known practitioner of Catalan Modernism...

Calvet chair designed by Antonio Gaudi manufactured in Barcelona by BD. Solid varnished oak. Measures: 52 x 54 x 94 H cm Year: 1902 Antoni Gaudí (1852...

Calvet chair designed by Antonio Gaudi manufactured in Barcelona by BD. Solid varnished oak. Measures: 52 x 54 x 94 H cm Year: 1902 Antoni Gau...

Solid varnished oak. A company that has always attributed such great importance to the author of the designs could never forget the great figures in history. That is why the BD cat...

Solid varnished oak. A company that has always attributed such great importance to the author of the designs could never forget the great figures in history. That is why the BD cat...

Calvet bench, Antonio Gaudí 1902 Dimensions: 118 x 54 x 95 cm Materials: solid oak varnished Solid dark varnished oak Antoni Gaudí (1852/1926) i...

Solid oak. A company that has always attributed such great importance to the author of the designs could never forget the great figures in history. That is why the BD catalogue of contemporary creations has always included those by admired classical masters. Antoni Gaudí (1852/1926) is, without doubt, the most internationally well-known Spanish architect. But is not only his buildings and brilliant architectural solutions that have travelled the globe. His integrated conception of architecture led him to pay attention, not only to structural calculations, but also to all the decorative elements, including furniture, that would form part of the building. The admiration felt by modern designers for the furniture designed by Gaudí has not gone unnoticed by BD which was the first company to rescue them from history by embarking on their serial production using traditional art and craft techniques and the same materials –varnished solid oak– in order to reproduce all the rich detail displayed by the originals when they were first produced. The Batlló bench...