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Decoration, Dining room, Casa Vicens, Barcelona, Spain

Decorative details of sculpted leaves and fruit, in the dining room, with original wooden furniture designed by Gaudi and 32 paintings by Francesc Torrescassana, 1845-1918, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Decorative details of sculpted leaves and fruit, in the dining room, with original wooden furniture designed by Gaudi and 32 paintings by Francesc Torrescassana, 1845-1918, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen