GASPAR HOMAR MEZQUIDA (Bunyola, Mallorca, 1870 - Barcelona, 1953). Very important complete modernist

GASPAR HOMAR MEZQUIDA (Bunyola, Mallorca, 1870 - Barcelona, 1953).
Very important complete modernist dining room set, model "Hadas", 1900-1907.
Wood and marquetry.
Measurements: 290 x 194 x 54 cm (sideboard); 80 x 150/290 x 102 cm (table); 122 x 43 x 48 cm (chairs).
Very important dining set composed of a sideboard, a table with extendable top and six chairs. The dining room model "Hadas" is considered the best made in his career by Gaspar Homar, in 1903, for one of the wealthiest families of the Catalan bourgeoisie of the time, creators of the first large department store in Spain. With exquisite marquetry work (fifteen different woods) and carving, characteristic of Gaspar Homar, of impeccable craftsmanship. The faces and hands of the nymphs are made of birch, brake, sycamore and holly wood in various shades of light tones. The golds are combined with boxwood, doradillo or lemon tree. For the pink and reddish ones, different types of mahogany, amboina, cherry, elm, rosewood and cypress are used. The green ones come from magnolia, banana, majagua and sabina, and the dark ones are obtained from ebony, grenadillo and rosewood. The result is an exceptional piece, distinguishing it from the rest of the works that were made in the general area. The lines of all the furniture that make up this set are stylised and moving, with curves dominating, which are complemented by structural straight lines. The sideboard has two sections, the lower one with drawers and doors and the upper one with two glazed doors, crowned by a balustrade and decorated with carved, polychrome and gilded floral motifs. Particularly noteworthy are the fittings, with their openwork and delicate synthesised vegetal designs, as well as the carefully carved figurative marquetry in the middle section. The table, with an extendable top, is derived from the traditional Hispanic table, although it has been completely reinterpreted in a modernist style. Finally, the chairs have a light structure, stylised and refined in their forms, and are decorated with beautiful marquetry on the back, with delicate and elegant full-length nymphs, accompanied by floral motifs.a modernist cabinetmaker and decorator, Gaspar Homar began his training at the Escuela de La Lonja, in Barcelona, and then broadened his knowledge in the workshop of the cabinetmaker Francesc Vidal, who had also been his father's teacher. In 1893, just ten years later, they both opened their own establishment in Barcelona, under the name of P. Homar e Hijo. Two years later his father died, leaving Gaspar in charge of the workshop. Throughout his fruitful career he took part in exhibitions in London, Madrid, Barcelona, Saragossa and Paris, and was a member of the jury of the 1908 Venice International. Homar began his style within the neo-Gothic trend but soon specialised in Modernisme, a style in which he produced his best works until 1918, later devoting himself to the production of conventional furniture. During these years he collaborated with Sebastià Junyent, Joan Carreres and Josep Pey Farriol in the design of furniture and complete rooms, with an exquisite richness of design, figurative marquetry in soffits and furniture which are his hallmark, etc. He incorporated exotic woods such as sycamore, banana, mahogany and rosewood. His production of ornamental furniture (chests, umbrella stands, etc.) as well as beds, wardrobes and chairs was well known. His best known works are the complete decoration of the Lleó-Morera (1904), Navàs and Burés houses, as well as several buildings by Gaudà and Doménech i Montaner. He also won, among other awards, the Grand Prize for Furniture and Decoration at the London Exhibition of 1907, the Grand Prix, Gold Medal