Chair
ca. 1898 (made)
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This chair is part of a set of furniture originally 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 motifs and the set of furniture was made using similar decoration by Lörincz Lengyel, a cabinet maker, in Szeged, Hungary. It was shown at the Paris Exhibition of 1900 and bought by Sir George Donaldson for presentation to the Museum.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 4 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Carved ash, stained green; seat covered with leather; back bound with three vertical strips of cut and embossed leather |
| Physical description | Chair designed by Edmund Farago; carved ash stained green, seat covered with leather stained mottled-purple and back bound with three vertical strips of cut and embossed leather. |
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| Credit line | Given by Sir George Donaldson |
| Object history | Designed for the 'Garden Room' of the Summer House of the Royal Palace at Buda, for Queen Elizabeth of Hungary. |
| Summary | This chair is part of a set of furniture originally 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 motifs and the set of furniture was made using similar decoration by Lörincz Lengyel, a cabinet maker, in Szeged, Hungary. It was shown at the Paris Exhibition of 1900 and bought by Sir George Donaldson for presentation to the Museum. |
| Associated object | 143-1901 (Set) |
| Bibliographic reference | Greenhalgh, Paul (Ed.), Art Nouveau: 1890-1914 . London: V&A Publications, 2000
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | 144 to C-1901 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2002 |
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