Wall Paneling & Wainscoting · Alpine Chalet
16th-Century Stube from the Courthouse in Niederdorf, Tiroler Volkskunstmuseum
A 16th-century paneled Stube from the courthouse in Niederdorf in South Tyrol's Puster Valley, now displayed at the Tiroler Volkskunstmuseum in Innsbruck.
Design characteristics
The Stube is the heart of the traditional Tyrolean house: a heated, wood-lined room used for eating, working and gathering. This example from a courthouse in Niederdorf has walls of wide boards with simple mouldings, a beamed or boarded ceiling and built-in benches along the walls. Its plainness is part of its appeal. Board paneling like this is easy to produce and gives a mountain home immediate warmth, especially in a dining nook or den.
Classification
- Style
- Alpine Chalet
- Category
- Wall Paneling & Wainscoting
- Material
- Pine
- Motifs
- Board paneling
- Photograph
- 2017
- Photographer
- Pakeha
- Evidence
- Photograph of a documented interior or object
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Architectural context
Wood-lined Stuben, carved and painted pine, and benches built into the walls. Tyrol, Switzerland and Bavaria · vernacular, 1300s onward.
