Casa - Museu Can Trincheria

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  SITUACIÓ

 
La Casa – Museu Can Trincheria està situada al centre neuràlgic de la ciutat, just davant de l’església de Sant Esteve. L’edifici també acull l'Institut de Cultura de la Ciutat d’Olot i el Patronat d’Estudis Històrics. 

  A LOOK BACK IN TIME

 
Can Trincheria was built in the first half of the 18th century and was one of the most important town houses in Olot.
Its name comes from the Trincheria family, originally from Prats de Molló and important in Catalan political and military circles, who occupied the house from its foundation.
The main reception rooms are on the first floor, but rooms with more functional and domestic uses were added in which the family spent most of their time. The owners’ bedrooms were on the second floor and the third floor was used for storing food, coal and other household items.

  FURNITURE - A MIRROR ON THE PAST

 
The house’s furniture consists of chairs, beds, dressers, chest-of drawers and other representative items of 18th-century decorative styles that are adorned with imperial, romantic, Louis XVI and Isabeline motifs.
Of great interest is a Catalan walnut secretaire with box inlay, twin chest-of-drawers resting on unusual animal feet and two bedrooms, once known as the General’s and Bishop’s rooms, with two of the so-called ‘Olot beds’, decorated with ornamental polychrome and gilt motifs and typical of local workshops.

  DECORATIVE FEATURES

Many of the rooms have preserved their original wall decorations depicting mythological scenes and views of imaginary palaces and gardens, interspersed with false mouldings, friezes and imitations of noble materials. The most important room is the General’s room, created by Joan Carles Panyó (1755-1840), the first director of the Olot School of Art (Escola de Dibuix d’Olot) and specialist in wall decorations.

Other ornamental features that complete the house’s decoration include the gilt mouldings over the doors and windows, the galleries that support the curtains, cornucopia mirrors and looking glasses.

The woodwork and cabinets are highly elaborate, as are the carpets, damask fabrics, passemanterie, furniture coverings, lamps, candelabras, clocks and vases.