The 1907 Spring Exhibition of the Hungarian Applied Arts Association

The Applied Arts Association’s Spring Exhibition took the form of four fully furnished homes, each of distinctively different character. Running from 6 April to the end of the summer, the exhibition was aimed at presenting housing to meet a range of different demands. The dwellings on display had, respectively, seven, four, three and two rooms. The largest, an aristocratic house of seven rooms and kitchen, took up central position. The bedroom and study were designed by Béla Vas, the dining room by Dezső Dénes, the children’s room was the creation of Vilmos Wessely, the designer of the lounge, the girl’s room and the kitchen was Ede Toroczkai Wigand, and the innermost room of the house, the living room, was by the furniture factory owner Miksa Schmidt. Next came the four-roomed house. Bedroom, living room, dining room and study followed one after the other. The bedroom was designed by Löffler Béla, the living room by Artúr Lakatos, and the dining room and study by Aladár Árkay. The three-room house consisted of bedroom, study and dining room. The bedroom was designed by  Miklós Menyhért (Mederl), and the study and dining room by Bálint Fehérkuthy and Lukács Dósa. Last came the two-room house of Béla Jánszky’s dining room and Lajos Tátray’s bedroom.

Margitay E. 'Tavaszi kiállítás' in: Magyar Iparművészet 1907/3. szám,  121-124.

by Jessica Fehérvári