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Sillón

Mueble: Canops, José; Bronces: Ferroni, Juan Bautista; Diseño: Gasparini, Mattia
1770-1774

En 1764 Carlos III habitó, por primera vez, el Palacio Real Nuevo de Madrid, estableciendo su cuarto en el ala suroeste del edificio. Aún por concluir las decoraciones interiores, el monarca encargó el ornamento de los espacios más representativos e íntimos de su cuarto al veneciano Mattia Gasparini, llegado desde Nápoles en 1759 acompañando a la corte del nuevo rey. La cámara ―hoy Salón Gasparini― y los anexos gabinetes de maderas finas o «de Indias» fueron los principales espacios en los que el adornista italiano desarrolló su labor, creándose para ello los denominados talleres de ebanistería, bronces y bordados, donde trabajaron grandes broncistas ―como Giovanni Battista Ferroni, Antonio Vendetti y Joseph Giardoni―, ebanistas ―destacando al alemán Knopps, españolizado como José Canops―, y bordadores ―sobresaliendo la esposa de Gasparini, Maria Luigia Bergonzini―.

De los tres gabinetes, el más septentrional fue destinado a pieza de conversación. Para ello, además del pavimento de mármoles, la «boiserie» y la bóveda, Gasparini planteó un conjunto de asientos compuesto por seis sillas de brazos y un canapé. Estas piezas, estudiadas por Juan José Junquera Mato, Ángel López Castán o José Luis Sancho Gaspar, entre otros, se encuentran repartidas en distintas estancias del Palacio Real de Madrid, exhibiéndose uno de los sillones en la Galería de las Colecciones Reales.

El mueble, originalmente tapizado el color verde con galón dorado, no ha conservado el textil original, siendo el actual de factura moderna. Destaca el trabajo de maderas finas, obra de Canops, y los bronces, en este caso de Ferroni. Los motivos de entrelazo se distribuyen por la cintura y el copete, si bien sobresalen los reposabrazos, cuya estructura helicoidal supone todo un alarde tanto técnico y como decorativo que hace de estos sillones uno de los mejores ejemplos de la habilidad de los trabajadores de la madera al servicio de Carlos III.

General Classification

Mobiliario de reposo

Type of Object

Sillón

By

Mueble: Canops, José; Bronces: Ferroni, Juan Bautista; Diseño: Gasparini, Mattia

Era / Cultural Context

Reinado de Carlos III

Place of Production

Flandes Occidental

Date

1770-1774

Subject

Madera; Bronce; Seda

Technical

Ensamblado; Marquetería; Fundido; Cincelado; Dorado

Dimensions

Fondo completo: (Altura: 92,5 centímetros; Anchura: 63,3 centímetros; Profundidad: 56,7 centímetros)

Inventory

10090037

Credits

Texto: Mario Mateos Martín; Foto: Mario Sedeño

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Authors and Collectors

Canops, José
The Author

Canops, José

(Brussels, 1814 - Brussels, 1814)

Canops, José. Brussels (Belgium), 2nd half of 18th century – 16.04.1814. Cabinetmaker of the royal workshops.

In 1759, during the reign of Charles III, he was called to work in the "King's Chambers" in the New Palace of Madrid. Thanks to this monarch, a royal workshop was founded to manufacture bronzes and marquetry for furniture. The workshop was headed by the Italian Giovanni Battista Ferroni.

In 1777, José Canops obtained the King’s permission to reside in the city of Sprá (Liège) for six months. Upon his return to Madrid, he continued to lead the Royal Cabinetmaking Workshop until 1781. The designs for the suite of rooms were provided by Matteo Gasparini, but were executed by a number of cabinetmakers...

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Ferroni, Juan Bautista
The Author

Ferroni, Juan Bautista

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Gasparini, Matteo
The Author

Gasparini, Matteo

(1774 - 1774)

Gasparini, Matteo. ?, 1st half of 18th century – 1774. Painter, designer and plasterer.

His date and place of birth are unknown. He arrived in Spain from Naples on 13th January 1760, at the summons of King Charles III to decorate the King’s Chamber in the Royal Palace of Madrid, to carry out renovations on the Royal Sites, as well as to work on the new palace of La Granja. He was accompanied by his wife and children, as well as a number of Italian artists who would collaborate in the execution of these new works. During this king’s reign, there was a significant amount of furniture making, to the extent that a royal workshop was founded...

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Charles III
Monarch

Charles III

(Madrid, 1716 - Madrid, 1788)

The first-born son of Philip V (1683-1746) and his second wife, Elisabeth Farnese (1692-1766), the future Charles III was educated by Joseph Arnaud, the Jesuit priest Ignace de Laubrussel, and Father Saverio de la Conca. Together with learning to read and write, his training included knowledge of geography, history, religion, military tactics, Latin and modern languages, as well as other disciplines of a more social nature such as horse riding, hunting, dancing and music. 

Charles III was not originally destined to reign, as his older brothers, the future Louis I and Ferdinand VI, preceded him in the line of succession to the Spanish throne. However, in early 1731, he was recognised as Duke of Parma and Piacenza, following the death...

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