The Art of Furniture from Gothic to Biedermeier

Thematic Collections

The permanent exhibition opened in 2000 in the Nagytétény Mansion Museum features the most significant pieces of the Furniture Collection at the Museum of Applied Arts. The 300 pieces of furniture and furniture sets displayed in 27 rooms give an overview of the European furniture art from the fifteenth until the middle of the nineteenth century.

Chest
Chest - with so-called linenfold (briefpaneel) decoration on the front
Table - so called cradle or Transylvanian table
Comb - with liturgical function
Comb - with 'Prenes plesir' inscription
Comb - with 'Qui bien aime tard oublie' inscription
Armchair - so called Savonarola chair
Wardrobe
Chest
Table
Wedding chest (cassone) - with Griselda scene
Wedding chest (cassone)
Bench - cassapanca - 15th century parts built together in the late 19th century
Prayer stool
Chair (sgabello)
Chair (sgabello)
Chair (sgabello)
Armchair - so called poltrona, with the arms of Pope Clement XI.