Szilágyi András (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 28. (Budapest, 2012)

Events 2009-2010

tion of the National Cultural Fund that called the competition and Marcell Jankovics, president of the Fund, opened the exhibition. The most outstanding professional achievement of the recent years is the catalogue raisonné, a scientific elaboration of the whole of the textiles from the Esterházy treasury in Fraknó (now Forchtenstein, Austria), one of the most valuable collections of our museum. The authors are art historians Emőke László, Emese Pásztor, Lilla Tompos, restorer Katalin E. Nagy and chemist Márta Járó. Despite the heavy war losses the Esterházy treasury, one of the richest 16-17th century Hungarian aristocratic art collections, contains over 300 artefacts, including 67 textiles: male and female costumes, interior textiles (tapestries, tablecloths, bedspreads), European and Turkish ornamental horse furniture (saddles, blankets, quivers). At the time of the release of the catalogue raisonné summarizing the scientific results of several decades of research, a major exhibition was opened on 20 December of the treasury's textile, Aristocratic Textiles from the Esterházy Treasury. The guests were greeted by General Director Imre Takács and minister of national resources Miklós Réthelyi. The opening address was delivered by Ágnes R. Várkonyi, professoressa emerita. The opening of this major exhibition was a fitting return to the period of the museum when showing the richness of the museum's collections is a primary goal. Judit Pataki 144