It was the year 1902 when Lamberto Juncosa Massip founded the first company, a cabinet making workshop in Palma. Born in Catalonia, he came to Mallorca to work for Joan Ferrá at his furniture factory in Minyones Street. There he met his wife to be, Enriqueta Iglesias, a relative of the Ferrá family.

Can Juncosa in Industria Street in Palma soon earned a reputation as one of the finest furniture factories on the Island. Projects worth mentioning would be those executed with great skill and complexity for renowned families and extremely demanding private and corporate clients: the Principal and Lírico theatres, the Town Hall, Gran Hotel, etc.

After experiencing difficult times at the end of the 1930’s, the Company loses its founder Lamberto Juncosa in 1941. His son Ángel Juncosa Iglesias takes over; aged 25 and only recently graduated in Interior Design at the University of Stuttgart. With great effort, sacrifice and perseverance, he succeeds in bringing the factory back to prosperity.

Later in 1951 Ángel undertakes a very comprehensive conversion of the San Nicolás Street premises in central Palma. This will become the first store in Mallorca to specialize in retailing furnishing fabrics, and will play a pioneering role in curtain making and other services for the trade.

The incorporation of Ángel Juncosa’s wife, Blanca Aysa, will prove to be a key factor in the success of the company. In 1958 she opens a new furniture and decoration store in Jaime III: EDA. This forms the embryo of what will become Can Juncosa’s principal commercial activity: Elements of Design and Architecture.

In 1969, having obtained a degree in interior design from the Royal College of Art in London, Ángel Juncosa Aysa, joins the Company, contributing valuable experience gained working with his father at the original furniture factory in Industria Street. The following year he designs the project for the new premises and showroom in the Can Valero industrial park, where all activities, both manufacturing and commercial, will be concentrated as from 1971. These include a wide range of interior design services: a contemporary furniture showroom, carpets, curtains and upholstery.

A lack of skilled labour on one hand, and a greater demand for mass produced furniture on the other, lead to the dismantling of the bespoke furniture workshop in order to focus on furniture and textiles for interior design.

In 1993, after 50 years working for the Company, Ángel Juncosa Iglesias takes his well-deserved retirement. At the same time, Jacqueline Vecchierini, Ángel Juncosa Aysa’s wife, joins the management team. She improves the image of both the showroom and the store, and updates the fabric and textiles division, incorporating new suppliers and selecting the finest products.

In 2014 Patricia Juncosa Vecchierini joins the Company. She has a Ph.D. in Architecture from the ETSAB in Barcelona and a research grant at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. In 2000 she moves to the United States, first to Boston and in 2004 to New York City, where she teaches at the School of Visual Arts and works at the MoMA, in the Department of Architecture and Design, curating contemporary design exhibitions.

Patricia makes the most of her contacts and knowledge of architecture and design to widen the scope of the Company and increase its international exposure, invigorating its marketing strategies, and boosting the contemporary furniture division. In 2017, having successfully accomplished her contribution to the family business, she is awarded the position of Chief Curator at the Pilar i Joan Miró Foundation.

Ramón Cabrinetti Garrido, sales executive with Can JUNCOSA since 1995, takes over the leadership, ensuring a commitment to continuity as creator of the new EDA. A new management phase begins.

Ángel Juncosa, in charge of Juncosa Estudio, S.L., collaborates as a consultant in current projects led by EDA’s talented young team.

After four generations and a history of over 100 years, our aim at Can Juncosa remains unchanged: to constantly maintain an excellent offer of contemporary high quality products and to provide the best possible service for our clients.

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