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Hi!!!

 We are a mother-daughter team, and we share a mission that takes us constantly from our workshop to the archives of the National Library of Spain. As researchers and artisans, we find ourselves in the middle of a cultural rescue mission that goes far beyond simply "fixing furniture."

While analyzing treatises from 1775, such as the 'Discourse on the Popular Education of Artisans', we’ve confronted a painful truth that remains relevant today: for centuries, the mechanical and manual arts have been condemned to debasement and ignominy. The prologues of these ancient texts already denounced how this knowledge was devalued, dismissed as something "for the lower classes." They chose to forget that true craftsmanship is, in reality, a system of positive knowledge and invariable rules.

The Missing Link: Spanish Post-War Furniture (1940-1960)

Today, we are living through a second wave of that "ignominy." Many people look down on Spanish Post-War historicist furniture. They say it isn’t "heritage," that it’s just "old" or poor quality. However, we have discovered that it is the last refuge of the "fine hand" (master craftsmanship). These were artisans who, often unknowingly, were still working with the mineral logic of these 18th-century treatises: wood that must be allowed to breathe.

The Science We Are Throwing Away

In the documents we are sharing with you, you won't find "cooking recipes"; you will find applied mineral chemistry:

Living Matter: Stucco made of slaked lime and powdered marble which, when mixed with linseed oil, "expands day by day." This is not an inert layer; it is a structure that petrifies and consolidates with the wood.

Reaction Dyes: The use of quicklime, calcined alum, and Brazilwood. These are not surface stains; they are chemical reactions that transform the cellulose from within.

The Geology of Furniture: The study of Gypsum (calcium sulfate) and its exact firing temperatures to create eternal finishes.

Our Work: Dignifying History

Our mission is to bring back this lost knowledge through a contemporary adaptation. We don't rescue out of nostalgia; we research to elevate craftsmanship back to its rightful place. We want a piece of furniture from the 1950s to stop being seen as an ephemeral object and to be understood for what it truly is: a jewel of high chemical and technical composition.

I’d like to open a debate:

Isn't post-war furniture the last witness to a mineral wisdom that we are letting die under layers of industrial melamine and plastic?

Why Spanish Post-War Furniture is a Chemical Treasure