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125 YEARS OF CAU FERRAT. The construction of an ideal (1894-2019)

2. COLLECTING AND THE STUDY OF ANTIQUE CATALAN WROUGHT IRON

On January 21st, 1893 Rusiñol gave a lecture at the Ateneu Barcelonès (Barcelona Cultural Association), accompanied by some pieces from his wrought iron collection, entitled «Mis hierros viejos» (“My Old Irons”). The event was a veritable declaration of the reason for his passion: collecting. Rusiñol presented this interest not with a nostalgic attitude of longing for a time gone by, but as a transformative tool and an incentive for renewal at a time when premium quality models were needed in the absence of particular aesthetics in the incipient industrial production.

He also championed the creation of collections like his, as the only solution to the absence of a policy safeguarding the country's heritage. According to Rusiñol, these collectors palliated the Country’s lack of action, which favored the predatory actions of the international antique market on our heritage.

Alexandre de Riquer i Ynglada (Calaf, Barcelona, 1856 – Palma de Mallorca, 1920), attributed

Standing Candelabrum at the Cau Ferrat, circa 1888-1890

Ink on parchment paper

Museu del Cau Ferrat, Sitges. Adquisició del Consorci del Patrimoni de Sitges, 2013

OBJECTS

Standing Candelabrum
Standing Candelabrum
Standing Candelabrum
Album of artistic
Album of artistic
Album of artistic
Álbum from archaeological section
Álbum from archaeological sect
Álbum from archaeological section
Artistic iron
Artistic iron
Artistic iron
Candelabrum from Bellmunt Sanctuary
Candelabrum from Bellmunt Sanc
Candelabrum from Bellmunt Sanctuary
Candelabrum from Mare de Déu dels Arcs
Candelabrum from Mare de Déu d
Candelabrum from Mare de Déu dels Arcs
Candelabrum from Sant Vicenç de Rus
Candelabrum from Sant Vicenç d
Candelabrum from Sant Vicenç de Rus
Cross
Cross
Cross
Door with decorative
Door with decorative
Door with decorative
Brazier
Brazier
Brazier
Candelabrum
Candelabrum
Candelabrum
Ring-shaped door knocker
Ring-shaped door knocker
Ring-shaped door knocker
Hammer-shaped door knocker
Hammer-shaped door knocker
Hammer-shaped door knocker
Hoist head
Hoist head
Hoist head
Dragon-shaped hoist arm
Dragon-shaped hoist arm
Dragon-shaped hoist arm
Dragon-shaped hoist head
Dragon-shaped hoist head
Dragon-shaped hoist head
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