Novotný Otakar 1880–1959

Wardrobe for Dr. Čeňek Zemánek

Bohemia, design by O. Novotný around 1911 for the dining room garniture of Dr. Čeněk Zemánek in Holice, painted soft wood, 209 × 106 × 43 cm, original condition, legs repaired later

The house is a perfect example of middle-class housing, manifesting modernist desires, based on invoking the truth of the spatial and constructive nature associated with relics of Art Nouveau mood. Famous Villas of the Olomouc Region, P. Panoch, M. Kaňka, Z. Lukeš, J. Potůček, 2009.