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

Balázs SEMSEY: Architecture and Museology at the End of the 19th Century

9. Restoration of the "Hungarian room" after World War II, photographer unknown, 1948 (MAA Archive FLT

20) pensably on the accurate analysis of all changes in the state of an art object. Since their installation both the gallery and the ceilings have been in the one-time "Hungarian room", surviving the siege of Budapest in the exhibition room, too (fig. 9).

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1 As integral parts of the building, they have not only been continuously present in the severally re-organized permanent exhibition, but they have also been part of or backdrop to all the long or temporary exhibitions staged in the room (fig. 10).

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2 10. Exhibition of oriental rugs in the Museum of Applied Arts, photo: Judit Kárász, 1951 (MAA Archive 36874) 16