Földes Mária: Ornamentation - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1993)
-..If =33 í! ® n.;i So-called Rózsavölgyi Hoose We come across the same kind of finely stylized Hungarian folk motifs on the interior details, too. The base at the entrance, which is embossed on brass plates, the bright yellow, tulip-patterned stria on the purplish brown tile covering of the staircase, and the swan-necked birds decorating the banisters of the open galleries inside are specimens of the same style. The creative power of the imagination manifesting itself in the whole is part of a broad architectural conception, and it is ofthat creative process of which the “Rózsavölgyi house” represents a remarkable phase. After this detour, we now return to Váci utca, the original route of our walk. Right at the corner there is a richly adorned facade. It belongs to a bank building bordered by three streets, the first in our walk which has retained its original function. It was designed by Ignác Alpár, one of the distinguished participants, major organizers, and designers of the Millenary Celebrations. Around the turn of the century, it was his architectural office which was given the most commissions to design 27
