Szilágyi András (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 25. (Budapest, 2007)

Piroska ÁCS: Kálmán Györgyi (1860-1930), Heart and Soul of the National Hungarian Applied Arts Association

pavilion; possessing a cross-shaped ground plan, this afforded approximately 1200 square metres of space. The compartments inside were furbished like interiors. In connection with this excellent event, we again quote Dénes Györgyi: ‘I am surrounded by images of the past seen from the perspective of childhood. I see the careful work performed at the Millennial Exhibition with my father personally positioning furniture by Albert Schikedanz [sic] and Ödön Faragó along with artworks by Róbert Nádler, Gyula Háry, Gyula Csizik, and others...’10 (Fig. 2).

Let us mention a few of these creations.11 The ornamented cabinet designed by Albert Schickedanz helped the reception of those drawings presented by Hungarian artists to Mór Jókai to mark his fifty-year jubilee as a writer (1843-1893)0 The cabinet is covered

Fig. 2 Kálmán Györgyi as herald, with his children Dénes and Laura. Scene from the Millennial Procession on 8 June 1896. (Photograph by Károly Divald)

Fig. 3 Ornamented cabinetfor the storage of drawings, 1893

Designed by Albert Schickedanz; executed by Jenő Fischof

Height: 211 cm; width: 87 cm; depth: 65.5 cm Petőfi Museum of Literature, Budapest, lnv. no.: R 62.322.1

with dark leather with a rich design; its corners and its gable-like top feature the use of wrought iron.’13 It was made by Jenő Fischhof (Fig. 3). Ödön Faragó, on the other hand, designed an elegant Rococo glass cabinet, which was made by the cabinetmaker László Grubits. In this work ‘correct knowledge of forms went hand in hand with execution on the highest possible level. The cabinet was

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