3. Drawing room

The room has a late Gothic beamed ceiling from the second half of the 15th century. The room is dominated by two Rococo chest of drawers cupboards from the 3rd quarter of the 18th century, richly decorated with marquetry. Chest of drawers were created as a multi-purpose type of furniture in the Baroque period and are a combination of a chest of drawers, a secretary and a cabinet extension. When unfolding the board, the secretary used to be used for writing. On the left there is a tabernacle-type chest of drawers. The name is derived from the superstructure, which resembles the part of the altar where the Eucharist is used to be kept. It probably comes from the manor house in Strážky. On the door, as well as on the picture placed above the front door you can see the coat of arms of the Horvát-Stančič family, one of the owners of Strážky. Marquetry on chests of drawers shows gallant and hunting scenes.

The secretary has a locker clock from the master, Michal Topscher from Levoča (you could see the clock from the same manufacturer on the ground floor).

In the second secretary's display case, there are examples of glass items from Baroque, Classicism, Biedermeier to Art Nouveau (from the 17th - 20th century). Next to it there are two portraits of Matej Badányi (1759), the ancestor of Hedviga Szirmay. Between the windows there is a richly decorated Neo-Rococo sideboard from the late 19th century, probably made in Spišská Sobota from oak wood.

To the left of the exit there is a writing chest from the last third of the 18th century, above which you can see a portrait of an unknown nobleman from the 18th century.

A faience rococo furnace, originating from the manor in Huncovce comes from the third quarter of the 18th century. It was made in the imperial manufactory in Holíč, which was owned by František Lotrinský, the husband of Maria Theresa. It is a type of triangular three-story furnace where fire was fed from the corridor so as not to disturb the nobility. It ends with a sculpture of a cormorant, which occurred in Spiš even in the 18th century.

Above the door leading to the next room there is a pair of portraits depicting Empress Maria Theresa and her son, Joseph II.

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