Chest of drawers

Furniture Collection

Accession Nr.: 80.141.1
Date of production:
late 18th century
Place of production: Hungary
Materials: maplewood inlay; pinewood base; walnut wood veneer; yew veneer
Dimensions:
height: 87 cm
length: 128 cm
depth: 63,5 cm
The chest of three drawers with a horizontal prismatic shape stands on four turned feet. Each drawer panel is applied with two inlaid fields which are enframed by straight, inlaid meander framework, while the corners are decorated with circles in small squares. The sides and the top show symmetrical fields enframed by meander, with a rosette of many petals in the middle. The top is enriched with burnt string of pearl decoration along the edges, while the two sides of the front and the area between the drawers, show a fluted profiled lath with slight entasis. The joints of the corners of the drawers are decorated with an inlaid circle ornament in a small square.

Literature

  • Batári Ferenc, Vadászi Erzsébet: Bútorművészet a gótikától a biedermeierig. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 2000. - p. 106. (Nr. 6.)
  • Szerk.: Péter Márta: A klasszicizmustól a biedermeierig. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1990. - Nr. 1.101. (Kiss Éva)