Kecskés Péter (szerk.): Upper Tisza region (Regional Units of Open Air Museum. Szentendre, Szabadtéri Néprajzi Múzeum, 1980)

3. THE MUSEUM VILLAGE

literary taste and Latin culture of noblemen. The appearance of the Uszka house is a distant echo of Late-Classicist style, expressed in each element: the row of columns built of fired bricks forming the porch, each with a simple heading; the border under the eaves; the vertical pillers stressing the construction of the front facing the street. In such a noble mansion, the interior arrangement is more pretentious than it was among peasants. The best room has a floor made of boards, the ceiling is made of finely chiselled pine-boards, the doors consist of frames and insertions with fine iron-work, and the double windows are products of good craftsmanship. Yet a pea36. The „chambre" or „kamra" of the Uszka house 50