FURNITURE

The Collection of Furniture possesses about 900 artefacts dated back to the period between the end of the 13^th century and the second decade of the 20^th century. They represent the development of styles in furniture and different techniques of carpentry in both local and European applied art.

The objects carved in wood, horn and mother-of-pearl, including wood-carved and painted icons, are part of the collection by painter Ljuba Ivanović, and they represent the initial nucleus of the Collection of Furniture. Owing to an intensive purchasing policy and valuable gifts, the Collection was rapidly enlarged with artefacts classified in 49 collections and sub-collections, among which the most important are the following: collection of chests (15^th–19^th century), collection of cupboards (18^th–19^th century), collection of commodes (17^th–19^th century), collection of mirrors (18^th–19^th century), and collection of clocks (17^th–19^th century). Particularly precious is the sub-collection of 16 sun-dials, produced in Germany (Augsburg, Nuremberg) in the 17^th and 18^th century.

Curator: Ana Samardžić, Curator