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STOVE MAKING IN GYŐR. COLLECTION OF TILED STOVES AND STOVE TILES IN THE FRUHMANN HOUSE, 18TH-20TH CENTURY. EXHIBITION CATALOGUE The exhibition space of the Rómer Flóris Museum of Art and History in Győr, the Fruhmann House, shows the former stove-making workshop in working order. It is Hungary’s first and so far only collection of objects that offers a unique opportunity for interdisciplinary research into the different periods of the tiled stove. The second exhibition on the history of tiled stoves in Győr recalls the heating devices of former civil, noble and ecclesiastical living rooms. The scientific presentation of the stoves, mostly dating from the 18th to 20th centuries, is a valuable contribution to the topic. The catalogue focuses on the specific history of each stove, from its dismantling in its original place of use and its transport to the museum beginning in the 1950s to the fortunate circumstances in which it has been exhibited. In the second part of the study, the reader is guided through all the stoves in the exhibition halls. In the catalogue, which details the stoves, the research results on the specific objects are presented to the reader. The catalogue, entitled Stove Makers and Tiled Stoves of Győr in the 18th-20th Centuries summarises the research results in applied art, archaeology, art history, ethnography, and other disciplines. The curator summarises previous and sporadic data on stoves and adds additional knowledge from recent research in Győr. A detailed description of the stoves gives an insight into the stove trade, the spread of stove pattern books and the use of individual stove marks in Győr. The origins (workshop, creator, trader, factory, template) and use of tiled stoves and their reconstruction are primarily illuminated by the historical findings of art history, industrial history and craftsmanship. The afterword to the catalogue provides a rich interpretation of the critical areas of research on the tiled stove, which provide further information on the stoves exhibited in Győr and contribute to a better understanding of the museological problems of this type of object. The individual chapters deal with smoke extraction and stove types, the decoration of ceramic surfaces, the patterning of stove tile surfaces, from the templates to the series production, and finally, the styles, periods and urban life in Győr associated with the stove. Zsuzsanna Paál |
