Dressing table

This dressing table by Joan Busquets was probably lacquered by Lluís Bracons, who introduced Urushi lacquer into Catalonia. It was part of the bedroom that Charles Bouvard bought from him in 1927. The piece breaks with the classical aesthetic of Busquets’ other suites, and expresses its modernity in a very interesting and original way, abandoning the traditional structure of four legs and replacing them with a central platform to hold a cushion for the feet. It also introduces electrical appliances. Busquets finds inspiration in the exotic variants of art deco that filled European interiors in the Twenties and Thirties, modernising the style in a formula that he repeated with slight variations for several commissions.