Antique Simon Loscertales Bona chair

Sturdy chair in good condition. Original name plate affixed to bottom "Simon Loscertales Bona, Zargoza (Spain)"

Gold leaf, wood and black letter. Leather on seat is cracking a bit, but not badly. 

Here is the information I found on him so far:

INFO:

Simon Loscertales Bona is a master craftsman Spanish furniture. 1 Born in Zaragoza , was one of the most important craftsmen of the history of Spain furniture.

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In 1890 he created a workshop in Zaragoza forming school furniture craftsmen in the art. This school workshop consisted of several departments as if it were a university, starting with design and project following the joinery, marquetry, carved chairs, upholstered, gilded, painted, or the workshop of the famous bronzes and applications. with all of these workshops was meticulously creating furniture guild to guild to form the coveted pieces Loscertales.

He pioneered the production of furniture, since much of the learning of all craftsmen were based on the research of new technologies of the time and were implemented to avoid anything that was a bad age to the cabinet, holding the emblem signature, and create quality pieces made for perpetuity.

Don Simon created spaces such importance as the commercial casino Zaragoza, Vizcaya bank headquarters and important spaces, which made travel to your furniture by the Spanish peninsula, and quickly became known for its exquisite pieces. Once opened branches in Madrid and Seville, Loscertales furniture began to furnish the Spanish embassies and be furnisher of the Spanish royal house. Being the most important step in the history of the workshop, since once exposed, whoever saw was perplexed, giving the springboard to furnish the homes of the most important families worldwide.

Today is easy to find in North American, European and South American pieces by D. Simon Loscertales antique Bona, being highly valued by connoisseurs of art. even auction houses like Christie sotheby include parts of the workshop on their lots auction.

The workshop was closed in the early 80s, because of a change in market trends that changed the craft guild values ​​instilled by the workshop because of the industrialization of the market and the depersonalization of the furniture sector, making lose the value of exclusivity and distinction furniture and manufacturing a product devoid of personality but at affordable costs to any pocket.