Tükrös ruhásszekrény

Furniture Collection

Accession Nr.: 81.231.1
Artist/Maker:
Date of production:
late 19th century
Place of production: Hungary
Materials: cherry wood veneer; pinewood; walnut wood veneer
Techniques: veneered
Dimensions:
height: 252 cm
length: 160 cm
depth: 59 cm
The wardrobe stands on bracket feet. The front door with the mirror has a hoof-shape arch at the top, surmounted by a frieze with blind arcades and a cresting with a row of lilies. The door of the attached, lower part imitates a row of drawers the open shelf has a horizontal top. An eclectic piece, adapting Rococo and Middle-Eastern elements similar to the suite with Cat. Nos. 81.230.1- 14. According to information supplied by the seller, who is the great-granddaughter of Aladár Kőrösfői Kriesch, the pieces belonged to the Kőrösfői Kriesch's studio house at Gödöllő.

Literature

  • a kiállítást rendezte: Batári Ferenc, Vadászi Erzsébet: Historizmus és eklektika. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1992. - Nr. 57.