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The interior of the garden house was decorated with traditional Hungarian motifs including stylised floral and leaf decoration, and the set of furniture with similar decoration was made by Lörincz Lengyel, a cabinetmaker in Szeged, Hungary. It was shown at the Paris International Exhibition of 1900 and bought by Sir George Donaldson, a London dealer who was commissioned by the South Kensington Museum (the V&A’s predecessor) to buy modern works of art for the collection.","physicalDescription":"Carved ash, stained green; the back and seat are covered with red felt decorated with applique ornament of coloured leather sewn on with silk cord outline. \r\nThe decoration on the back consists of a white oval compartment in the centre enriched with floral ornament and bordered by leafy stems from which spring floral sprays; round the whole is a border of half-rosettes. The framework of the back is composed of: 1) a curved rail above carved with two floral devices, 2) two uprights continuous with the back legs, and 3) two curved rails below. The seat is enriched with a border of leafy stems alternating with four rosettes. The arms are supported in front on uprights continuous with the front legs, and carved with leaves and rosettes; each arm is further supported by three small uprights carved with leaf ornament and resting on a rail, which in turn rests on one similar upright.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Faragó, Odön","id":"A5660"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"AAT25190"},"note":""},{"name":{"text":"Lengyel, Lörincz","id":"A5661"},"association":{"text":"cabinet-maker","id":"AAT25370"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"ash","id":"AAT164025"},{"text":"felt","id":"AAT14107"},{"text":"silk","id":"x34643"},{"text":"leather","id":"AAT11845"}],"techniques":[{"text":"carving","id":"AAT53149"},{"text":"staining","id":"AAT53058"},{"text":"applique","id":"AAT53646"},{"text":"sewing","id":"AAT53658"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Carved ash, stained green; back and seat covered with red felt, decorated with appliqué ornament of coloured leather, sewn on with silk cord outline","categories":[{"text":"Images Online","id":"THES48937"},{"text":"Furniture","id":"THES48948"}],"styles":[{"text":"Art Nouveau","id":"AAT21430"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"FWK","id":"THES48597"},"images":["2006AP7906","2006AP7914","2006AP7911","2019LY2063","2022NE2871"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"001","id":"THES342259"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Armchair","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Hungary","id":"x28910"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1898","earliest":"1893-01-01","latest":"1902-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"144-1901","id":"O66257"},"association":"Set"}],"creditLine":"Given by Sir George Donaldson","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"83","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"69.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"62.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Designed for the 'Garden Room' of the Summer House of the Royal Palace at Buda, for Queen Elizabeth of Hungary. The red felt covering was appliquéd with leather and silk embroidery designs taken directly form Kodmön jackets worn probably in Bekes County (Lou Taylor, 'Peasant Embroidery: rural to urban and east to west relationships 1860-1914' in the <i>Journal of the Decorative Arts Society</i>, vol. 14 (1990). pp. 43-51, the chair illustrated in fig. 5 on p. 46). ","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"of carved ash, with leather upholstery. Hungarian (Szeged), ca. 1898, by Odon Farago.  Donaldson Collection","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Greenhalgh, Paul (Ed.), Art Nouveau: 1890-1914 . London: V&A Publications, 2000","id":"AUTH352192"},"details":"","free":""},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Donaldson, George,  The Victoria and Albert Museum. Gift of \"New Art\" Furniture for Circulation. The Magazine of Art, 1901, pp. 466-471 (illus.)"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Taylor, Lou, 'Peasant Embroidery: rural to urban and east to west relationships 1860-1914'. <i>Journal of the Decorative Arts Society</i>, vol. 14 (1990), pp. 43-51, the chair illustrated as fig. 5, p. 46.  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This chair was shown at the Paris 1900 Exhibition.\r\n\r\nGiven by Sir George Donaldson","date":{"text":"1987-2006","earliest":"1987-01-01","latest":"2006-12-31"}},{"text":"Carved ash, stained green, the upholster of red felt with leather applique ornament.\r\nDesigned by Edmond Farago\r\nHungarian; about 1900\r\nGiven by George Donaldson, Esq.\r\nShown at The Paris 1900 Exhibition.","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null}}],"partNumbers":["143-1901"],"accessionNumberNum":"143","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1901,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LU5544"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-10-22","recordCreationDate":"2001-06-01","availableToBook":true}}