Prékopa Ágnes (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 30. (Budapest, 2016)

Ildikó PANDUR: A Wrought-Iron Exhibition Hall Gateway from 1883: A Contribution to the Architectural History of the Old Exhibition Hall and the Old Music Academy in Budapest

ILDIKÓ PANDUR

A WROUGHT-IRON EXHIBITION HALL GATEWAY

FROM 1883

A CONTRIBUTION TO THE ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY OF THE OLD EXHIBITION HALL AND THE OLD MUSIC ACADEMY

IN BUDAPEST

Among the items in the collection of wrought-iron objects at the Museum of Applied Arts, there are many inventoried pieces whose provenance is unknown. The main reason for this is the rapid expansion of the collection that took place after the Second World War. In addition to the artistic iron railings that were saved during

post-war clean-up operations, the majority of new acquisitions - which swelled the collection to several times its original size - resulted from the nationalisation in 1949 of the Jungfer metalworking factory. More than a thousand items were transferred to the Museum of Applied Arts from the former warehouse of samples - the so-called

1. Gate pediment

Sándor Uhl - Gyula Jungfer, Budapest, 1883, with 18th-century details Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, inv. no. 7161

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