Small table
| Accession Nr.: | 18382 |
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| Date of production: |
late 16th century
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| Materials: | walnut wood |
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| Techniques: | carved; turned details |
| Dimensions: |
height: 62 cm
width: 82 cm
depth: 55 cm
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The four baluster-shaped legs are joined by plain stretchers. The frieze hides a drawer with a knob. The cover is rectangular. This type of table was quite common in the cinquecento period it is called a "Bologna table" in literature, named after the place of origin. In Hungarian furniture-making this type was copied and called a table with "Italian legs". Apart from the piece described above there are three similar ones in the collection of the Budapest Museum of Applied Arts (Inv. Nos. 18735, 18393, 18379), all belonging to the Procopius Collection.
Literature
- Batári Ferenc, Vadászi Erzsébet: Bútorművészet a gótikától a biedermeierig. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 2000. - 23. Nr. 21.
- Szerk.: Péter Márta: Reneszánsz és manierizmus. Az európai iparművészet korszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1988. - Nr. 15.
- Vadászi Erzsébet: A bútor története. Műszaki Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 1987. - 78. ill. 89.
- Voit Pál: Procopius Béla olasz reneszánsz bútorai. Magyar Múzeum, 3. (1947). 1947. - 20-24.
