Rocking-chair art nouveau, Glasgow style Mackintosh

Very rare curved wooden lullaby from Julio Benedito Verdet (Patraix, Valencia, Spain), a variant of the No. 150 model. In the style of Glasgow embodied in late 19th/early 20th century by the Mackintosch couple who frequented and influenced as early as 1900 the architects of the Viennese Secession (Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser, et al.) who collaborated among others with the manufacturers Thonet or Kohn. This modernist wave of art nouveau spread to the production of Valencia in Spain, another historical cradle of curved wooden furniture. Typical, the "grid" geometry of the cut of the back veneer; the rose pattern thus stylized. It is the second known copy to date after the one on display at the "Espai Corbat" of the Caixa Vinares Foundation in Spain. I invite you to consult on the blog https://muebledeviena.com the article by J. Vives Chillida, historian of curved wooden furniture, which allowed the identification of this piece. The size quite compact and the seat height close to the ground indicates a model rather for lady and an office of "heater" or lullaby nanny ... In his find juice. The canning is still in good condition. Dark hue of origin called "American mahogany" in period shades. Collector. Seated 45 x 45 cm - In natural rocking position, seat height 43 cm, total height 85 cm - height back compared to the seat 58 cm- width between accotoirs 44 cm.

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