Furniture and indoor design in Canet de Mar, 1890-1917

Abstract

Between 1900 and 1910 a building boom occurred in Canet de Mar, a village near Barcelona. Remodels or new buildings include technical innovations like gas and later  on  electricity,  adapting  to  new  styles  and  ways  of  life.  The  first building constructed by  Lluís Domènech i Montaner in Canet, in 1884, is the Ateneu. His son,  Pere  Domènech  Roura,  designs  in  1917  the  Serra  Pujades  house. Between these  two  constructions  interiors  are  created,  to  a  greater  or  lesser extent decorated  with  Art  Nouveau  (Modernist)  objects  that  coexist with  anterior furniture, reflecting at the same time personal taste ot the families, as their own past,  with  inherited  furniture.  The  interiors  created  by  renowned artists  like  Lluís Domènech i Montaner or Eduard Ferrés i Puig, for big fortunes like Ramon de  Montaner  or  Ramir  Busquets  stand  out  among  the  houses  of  the small  local manufacturers.