Built-ins & Bookcases · Alpine Chalet
Painted Farmhouse Stube, Appenzell Folk Museum, Stein
A farmhouse room at the Appenzell Folk Museum in Stein, Switzerland, furnished with an 18th-century chest, bed and cupboard decorated with traditional Appenzell furniture painting.
Design characteristics
Appenzell in eastern Switzerland is known for its painted furniture, with flowers, figures and ornament in bright colors on a painted ground. This room pairs wood-paneled walls with a painted bed, cupboard and chest. Painted cabinetry is a wonderful way to bring Alpine folk character into a kitchen or bedroom, and the panels can be left flat for a decorative painter.
Classification
- Style
- Alpine Chalet
- Category
- Built-ins & Bookcases
- Material
- Painted pine
- Motifs
- Painted folk motif
- Photograph
- 2023
- Photographer
- Mario Baronchelli
- 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.
