Writing slate
| Accession Nr.: | 53.1938.1 |
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| Date of production: |
first half of the 17th century
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| Place of production: | Upper-Hungary |
| Materials: | iron; maplewood; rosewood (palisander) |
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| Techniques: | inlaid |
| Dimensions: |
height: 45 cm
width: 37,5 cm
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A rectangular slate of three pieces connected with hinges, which open from one another. It can be hung on the wall by iron circles. Its cornice is straight and divided. The outer border has alternate foliage decoration: either light inlays on a dark background or dark inlays on a light background. The two connected smaller slates have geometrical borders, also decorated with intarsia. This piece must have been used as a blackboard, although its proper function is yet unknown.
Literature
- Szerk.: Péter Márta: Reneszánsz és manierizmus. Az európai iparművészet korszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1988. - Nr. 368.
