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A set of blackened oak furniture designed by architect Otakar Novotný. It includes a sideboard, a greenhouse, a round table and a small table.A characteristic element is the use of blackened oak in combination with fine decorative details and geometric division, which refers to the author's early modernist work. The distinctive, almost monumental form of the individual pieces shows Novotný's effort to combine function and aesthetics in the spirit of Czech modern architecture and design of the early 20th century.
Furniture of the same design concept is also found in the Lexa Villa (also František Lexa Villa or Na Losích Villa) in Rakovník, built in 1908–1910 for the painter František Lexa, who was Novotný's classmate at the Prague School of Applied Arts. Otakar Novotný is the author of both the architecture and the interior design of this cultural monument.
This type of furniture was also presented in one of the episodes of the Šumná města program, hosted by architect David Vávra (see photo).
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