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Josep Batllo's study, Casa Batllo, Barcelona, Spain

Josep Batllo's study, with fireplace by Ramon Reguan workshop, and walls covered with a gilded stucco crackle design, in the Casa Batllo, originally built in 1877 by Emilio Sala Cortes and totally remodelled 1904-6 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in catalan Modernisme and art nouveau style, for Josep Batllo y Casanovas, a textile industrialist, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The fireplace is a traditional catalan feature in a Modernisme style, with a mushroom shaped recess in the wall and benches facing each other either side of the fire. The serving room and fireplace open onto the lounges located on the main facade, via large oak curved doors and stained glass panels. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Josep Batllo's study, with fireplace by Ramon Reguan workshop, and walls covered with a gilded stucco crackle design, in the Casa Batllo, originally built in 1877 by Emilio Sala Cortes and totally remodelled 1904-6 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in catalan Modernisme and art nouveau style, for Josep Batllo y Casanovas, a textile industrialist, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The fireplace is a traditional catalan feature in a Modernisme style, with a mushroom shaped recess in the wall and benches facing each other either side of the fire. The serving room and fireplace open onto the lounges located on the main facade, via large oak curved doors and stained glass panels. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen