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

Magdolna ZIMÁNYI (GYÖRGYI): The Hungarian Room Designed by Dénes Györgyi at the University of Pittsburgh

6. Ceiling panels, painted by Antal Diósy, photo: Lawrence Laude from the Zsolnay and Herend factories, embroideries and laces, e.g. Halas lace and Kalocsa embroidery, male and female dolls in Matyó costumes. The glass copy of the Hungarian Holy Crown is on a blue velvet cushion, a "souvenir" from the coronation of the last Hungarian king, Charles IV in 1916 (Dénes Györgyi took part in designing the decoration of the coronation). A small tableau defines the details and history of the room. Below the showcase, slightly projecting from its plane, there is a peasant dowry chest of oak veneer - a socalled "tulip chest" - decorated with birds and floral ornaments. When the room was opened, the bay window was adorned with an embroidered blue velvet drapery from Erzsébet Bodrog's workshop

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9 and a lace curtain with butterflies, carnations and birds the motifs of which were borrowed from an attire 7. Coat of arms of the University of Buda above the blackboard, Béla Ohmann 's work (Pittsburgh University Library Archives) 30