Jurkovič Samo Dušan 1868–1947

Hanger with shelf

Bohemia, design by D. S. Jurkovic around 1899, from a series of furniture and home of furniture and accessories with a typical motif of a dove tail, originally intended for Girls' boarding house Vesna in Brno, stained carved wood, brass, length 170 cm
Dušan Samo Jurkovič, - one one of the most prominent Czech and Slovak architects of the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. A representative of Art Nouveau architecture, he created his own movement, in which he combined Art Nouveau elements with folk architecture. Equally distinctive and extraordinary are his interior and furniture designs. The furnishings of the Vesna Girls' Guesthouse (the so-called Small and Large) was designed by D. S. Jurkovič in 1899, the designs were implemented in 1900-1902. The furniture with the motif of a dove's tail is in the collections of e.g. the Museum of the Wallachia Region in the Vsetín Chateau, the Museum of Art Olomouc, in the Pustevny area - in the Maměnka building and the Libušín building.