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.
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.
Place of Origin
Hungary (made)
Date
ca. 1898 (made)
Artist/maker
Faragó, Odön, born 1869 - died 1935 (designer)
Lörincz Lengyel (maker)
Materials and Techniques
Carved ash, stained green; seat covered with leather; back bound with three vertical strips of cut and embossed leather
Dimensions
Height: 94.2 cm maximum, Width: 41 cm maximum, Depth: 43 cm maximum
[Chair seat] Length: 45 cm, Width: 36 cm
[Fragment] Length: 26 cm, Width: 4.5 cm
[Fragment] Length: 31 cm, Width: 5 cm
Object history note
Made for the 'Garden Room' in the Palace of Buda
Descriptive line
[Chair seat] Leather seat-cover, decorated with an interlacing band on the top and round the sides with cresting, made by Lörincz Lengyel, designed by Odön Faragó, Hungary, ca. 1898.
[Fragment] Leather strip, decorated with cresting, part of the seat-cover, made by Lörincz Lengyel, designed by Odön Faragó, Hungary, ca. 1898.
[Fragment] Leather strip, decorated with cresting, part of the seat-cover, made by Lörincz Lengyel, designed by Odön Faragó, Hungary, ca. 1898.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Greenhalgh, Paul Ed., Art Nouveau : 1890 - 1914. London: V&A Publications, 2000. 464 p., 24.5pl, ill. ISBN 1851772774
Exhibition History
The Age of Personality - Hungarian Furniture Designers of Art Nouveau (Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest 04/09/2009-28/03/2010)
Art Nouveau 1891-1914 (Victoria and Albert Museum 06/04/2000-30/07/2000)
International Exhibition (Paris 01/01/1900-31/12/1900)
Materials
Leather
Categories
Furniture; Leather
Collection code
FWK
