W obronie zabytkowych pieców i kafli z drugiej połowy XIX i XX wieku

• Authors: Samek Jan

Title variants

EN

ON THE PROTECTION OF OLD STOVES AND TILES FROM THE 2nd HALF OF THE 19th AND 20th CENTURIES

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

EN

Old stoves and tiles from the 2nd half of the 19th and 20th centuries have never been a subject of great interest. They are purchased by museums and collectors only on a small scale. All the worse, because of changes in heating systems a big number of old tile stoves was taken to pieces and destroyed in the last two decades. They had an ecclectic character: Neo-Gothic, Neo-Renaissance, Neo-Baroque. There have also been fine specimen from the times of secession and modernism. Apart from the richness of decoration, the tiles are also characterized by fine colouring. Stoves built from multi-coloured tiles were rather rare. The tiles were often covered with glazing in subtle toned- down colours. They included, i.a., different shades of green, ,brown, beige. The author succeeded in collecting some fine examples from the secession period. The tiles from the 2nd half of the 19th and 20th centuries often have trade marks of manufacturing plants or factories inprinted on them, just to mention factories of Jozef Niedzwiedzki, Tomasz Danz, Jan Horowitz at Dębniki. Those factories manufactured different kinds of tiles. It is also a well-known fact that tiles were designed by such renowned artists as Karol Brodzewski, Konstanty Laszczka or Jan Szczepkowski. Consequently, both stoves and tiles from the period under discussion represent examples of decorative art that has been neglected so far. Of essential importance is thus the protection and securing of these monuments. First and foremost, they should be covered by work on the Catalogue of Monuments of Art in Poland, work on the recording of monuments for conservators and conservation repairs. The moving of old stoves should be approached with much caution, not excluding this kind of securing. It is also important for museums to collect tiles from the 2nd half of the 19th and 20th cent, both big and small specimen, that have a regional character. Of special significance in this field would best an initiative of historic museums, the tasks of which comprise also studies on decorative art. We should thus postulate the undertaking of comprehensive complex studies on the Polish tiling art in the 19th and 20th centuries, as that was „silver” period in the development of this branch. It is necessary to show the place occupied by this line of production in Europe.

• Publisher: Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa
• Journal: Ochrona Zabytków
• Year: 1986
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 46-50

Dates

published

1986

Contributors

author

Samek Jan

• doc. dr, Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk

References

• Katalog Zabytkow Sztuki w Polsce, IV, Miasto Krakow, cz. 1, Wawel, Warszawa 1965, s. 44;
• M. P i ą t k i e w i c z - D e r e n i o w a, Sprawa przekazania pieców z Wiśniowca do zbiorow wawelskich w świetle archiwaliow (rkps przygotowany do druku w Studiach do Dziejow Wawelu).
• J. D o b r z y c k i , Muzeum Historyczne m. Krakowa i jego zbiory, Kraków 1955, s. 12

Identifiers

ISSN

0029-8247