Furniture and interior design in hotel and inn’s dining rooms in Asturias between the late XIXth and the early XXth

Abstract

Based on the changes of the last decades of the nineteenth century and the emergence of the concept of comfort, the article examines the changes that have taken place in restaurants and canteens in the new hotels in Asturias in order to adjust  to  new  uses and  social  habits.  A journey  that  brings  us  to  the  furnishing and  out  fit  of  some  establishments  that  adapt  to  their  new  roles and  reflect  the taste and aesthetic criteria of its new customers.