ok, SOMEONE might correct me on this fact (plz feel free to!) but I've always heard that in cases like the Milà and the Batlló families, who commissioned Gaudí for their fanciful domiciles in the new fashionable avenue of Barcelona, some of the members of that upper class might resent a little living in a building that was a bit of a laughing stock.
Look for example, what the satirical magazine l'Esquella de la Torratxa made to mock the bizarre design of Milà's house!
Like many architects of the time, Gaudí designed everything that was supposed to be in the house. Outside, inside, furniture.
but perhaps tired of the curves of art nouveau (and of people whispering behind their back that their buildings looked like something a pastry chef could create), as soon as the fashion sensibilities changed and Art Nouveu was no longer in fashion, they renovated with great ardour and absolute indifference towards the works of art so unique and suitable for THEIR houses.
Just look at what they did to Casa Batlló... Gaudí would be spinning so hard in his grave if he saw, he would screw right through his crypt of Sagrada Familia and straight into the metro.
So... lots of ladies had killer vanity tables like that one.
And sadly, LOTS of them threw them away like worthless trash when they were not considered fashionable any longer...
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