Weiner Mihályné szerk.: Az Iparművészeti Múzeum Évkönyvei 12. (Budapest, 1970)

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Fig. 3. Sculpture Gallery Board of Works commissioned P.-O. Olsson to make the conversion and he has tried to preserve the basic characters of a baroque building. The old warehouse remains outwardly unchanged, apart from new steps and the entrance with new iron gates executed by Torsten Fridh. Inside, although it has been completely rebuilt, the fittings for the Museum have been suited as far as possible to the architecture, with discrete use of new materials. It is now possible to exhibit for the general public one of the more important collections in Europe from the Far East. The ground floor hah by the impressive free standing staircase is devoted to the Stone Age and the big burial urns are placed upon open shelves of limestone held by a black-painted iron construction (fig. 1). The minor objects are displayed in showcases of a standard type made of oak for the frames with a stand of iron. These showcases are used all over the museum and are easy to move. The next gallery is devoted to the comprehensive bronze collection, but here the cases are built against the walls, thus covering all the windows. A simple construction of wood is here used with frames in oak veneer and thick plywood plates for the tables and the back of the interior. Unbleached