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Table
Faragó, Odön, born 1869 - died 1935 - Enlarge image
Table
- Place of origin:
Hungary (made)
- Date:
ca. 1900 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Faragó, Odön, born 1869 - died 1935 (designer)
Lörincz Lengyel (maker) - Materials and Techniques:
Ash, carved and stained green
- Credit Line:
Given by Sir George Donaldson
- Museum number:
145-1901
- Gallery location:
In Storage
This table is part of a set of furniture designed by Odön Faragó for the garden house at the royal castle, Buda (now Budapest), for Queen Elizabeth of Hungary (1837–1898). The interior of the garden house was decorated with traditional Hungarian motifs including stylised floral and leaf decoration, and the set of furniture with similar decoration was made by Lörincz Lengyel, a cabinetmaker in Szeged, Hungary. It was shown at the Paris International Exhibition of 1900 and bought by Sir George Donaldson, a London dealer who was commissioned by the South Kensington Museum (the V&A’s predecessor) to buy modern works of art for the collection.
