Cseri Miklós - Horváth Anita - Szabó Zsuzsanna (szerk.): Discover Rural Hungary!, Guide (Szentendre, Hungarian Open Air Museum, 2007)

VII Southern Transdanubia - VII-3 House from Zádor

This part of the regional unit is the irregular settlement, characteristic in the more isolated, western part of Transdanubia. The outbuilding in the yard, typical of Szigetvidék on the river Dráva is a shed, built on sills with a wall of poles daubed with mud. • Hewn chest 'Szökröny' is the name for the axe trimmed chest constructed of shingle-like horizontal boards. Its front and lid are decorated with geometric carved motifs. Among the noteworthy embellishments the rosette is Renaissance-inspired. There is also stylized representation of the human form. This type of furniture became widespread in the 14th century among the Hungarian peasantry. In medieval charters it is called a scrinium, the root-word for our szekrény. Originally the chest constituted part of the dowry and was used for storing clothes then later it was kept to store cereals. Consequently its was moved from the room to the pantry. The most familiar types are the trimmed type from Gömör County widespread even in the Great Plains, the cover of which is shaped like a sarcophagus and the Baranya type with its lid decorated with horns.