Vezető a Déri Múzeum kiállításaihoz (Debrecen, 1978)

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4. Jug with yarn decoration. Hungarian XVIII

—XIX century. 5. Flask with ribbon decoration. Zemplén, XIX century. 6. Wine-bottle and glass with ruby painting. Hungarian, XIX century. 7. „Foamy" decorated bottle. Zemplén, XIX century. 8. Blistered wine-bottle. Párád, XIX century. 9. Opaline goblet with count István Széchenyi's portrait. Párád, second part of XIX century. 10. Engraved, ground glass. Czech, middle of XIX century. FURNITURE In the exhibitions of the Déri Museum relatively few pieces of furniture are found. These date back to the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century. From the end of the 18th century the Déri Museum owns only one wardrobe with a double-door. Its form shows the characteristics of the Baroque style, and in its ornament classical motifs can be seen. The other large-sized piece of furniture is a writing-commode. We own some more pieces from this type of furniture, on the basis of which we can follow the changes and the development of this wardrobetype from the end of the 18th century up to the first half of the 19th century. There are some chairs on the first floor hich are joineries also from Debrecen from the middle of the 19th century. The European furniture-craft is represented by two pieces on the second floor. One of them is a large-sized double-door wardrobe, originating from the 17th century and shows all the characteristics of the German pieces of furniture in Baroque style. It is a monumental doubledoor piece, ornamented with ledges and columns, equipped with lathe-turned ball-egs, so as a whole it shows architectural structure. Besides the elaborate carvings it is full of rich intarsia depicting religious themes. The other is a litte cabinet-wardrobe from the Low Countries, which rep resents a furniture-type very popular all over Europe in the 17th

—18th centuries. The wardrobe is full of drawers. The front-part of the drawers are carved and the whole stands on a high base with twisted legs. It is a characteristic piece of the Dutch furniture-craft in the 17th century. LIST OF FIGURES Fig. 1. Carved double-door wardrobe Fig. 2. Writing-commode. The very beginning of the 19th century. Debrecen. Fig. 3. Writing-commode. The very beginning of the 19th century. Debrecen. Fig. 4. Chair. Debrecen. The middle of the 19th century Fig. 5. Cabinet-wardrobe. The Low Countries. 17th century. 427