Llit

#Llit

What is

The bed. In the old inventories, llit names mainly the textiles (mattresses, curtains, covers) rather than the wooden structure, until the beginning of the 19th century (Fundació Mascort, Catalan context). The bed was the most expensive piece of furniture in the house.

How is

• Structure: capçal (headboard), peus (feet), posts or bench with boards, wool or pellofa mattress (per verify use in Mallorca).
• Llit encaixat: bed wedged between arches : "llit encaxat ab son artibanch front and back" (1491).
• Llit entorcillat: bed with Solomonic columns, in Can Vivot (AEM 2022).
• Baroque Llit: in the sanctuary of Consolació (Sant Joan) (AEM 2022).
• What was ordered as "llit de capçal pintat", "llit de cortines/de pavelló" and "llit de tres cossos": without a Mallorcan source located (to verify). The curtains do appear in general inventories.

How is fa

• Fuster for the structure; lathe for columns and bars; cabinetmaker and gilder in the mansions.
• Textiles: weavers of llengües , flassades and brodats .

Com s'usa

• In the chamber (bedroom). In the possessió, several beds for family and servants.
• Llit de repòs for the day (see cadira-de-repos ).
• The bride's trousseau dresses the bed: see canterano , caixa-de-nuvia .

Vocabulary

• llit: bed; also the bedding set.
• capçal: header; also long pillow.
• llit encaixat: bed between archibanks.
• llit entorcillat: bed of Solomonic columns.
• llit de repòs: rest bed.
• cambra: bedroom.
• flassada: woolen blanket.

History

• 1491: possession of Gabriel Cerdà (Santa Margalida): beds wedged between archibancs and llit de repòs (BSAL 2017).
• 17th-18th centuries: baroque and twisted beds in mansions and sanctuaries (AEM 2022).
• Early 19th century: value moves from textiles to structure (Fundació Mascort, Catalonia).

On veure'n

• Can Vivot (Palma): llit entorcillat.
• Santuari de Consolació (Sant Joan): baroque bed.
• Museum of Mallorca, Etnològica Section (Wall) : Mallorcan bedroom.
• Els Calderers, La Granja d'Esporles, Son Marroig (to verify pieces).

Why is it design

• The luxury was in the fabric: the wood was support; textile, heritage.
• Room-bed: wedged between chests, the bed organizes the space.

For the project

• Piece: contemporary headboard with llengües stole and turned wood.
• Research: check the names of types of Mallorcan bed in the Muro Museum.
• Trades: fusteria-mallorquina · turners · ebenisteria-i-moble-mallorqui . Files: bres , arquibanc .

Sources

• dcvb.iec.cat/results.asp?Word=llit
• ibdigital.uib.es/greenstone/sites/localsite/collect/bolletiSocietatLulliana/inde
• estudidelmoble.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ProgramaMALLORCA_CAT.pdf
• fundaciomascort.com/en/exhibitions/alguns-mobles-singulars

Working text from the Disseny Indígena knowledge base, machine-translated from Spanish.

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