The exhibition is extended until 31.10.2021.
The exhibition, which is devoted to the building joinery and parquetry, offers a glimpse of the great variety and richness of these crafts. It shows both historical exhibits and specific technological processes of manual and mechanical woodworking
The joinery workshop as time went by
The machines, the shape of the wood, the space requirements and the mindset of the people have changed.
The journey from the initial rejection of machines, because “everything is best done by hand”, to the view that “what a machine can do, a hand does not have to do” was not easy.
Door leaf step by step
The journey from rough planks to a perfectly crafted final product.
In a demonstration of the process of making a door leaf, the visitor will see what all needs to be done and in what order, how the different joinery joints work and when each one is needed, what specific tools are used for what.
Stories of windows and doors
The transformation of appearance according to the requirements of the time and the function for which they were intended.
In the selection of windows, doors and other products of construction joinery that visitors will see at the exhibition, the authors reveal to visitors interesting facts, construction details, at first sight unsuspected connections, “pearls” from the industry.
Parquet – the luxury of wooden floors
The evolution of wooden floors from plank to parquet to millwork.
Examples of common types of parquet floors used in the Czech lands are complemented by luxury parquet pieces from bourgeois houses and castles.
And something for children…
A parquet puzzle that will test both dexterity and imagination.
The same pieces, countless different solutions, possibilities and variations. In addition, when you place the parquet in the mirror house, the parquet pattern is revealed in all its glory, as if it covered the entire room.
The exhibition is open as part of the NTM CSD Plasy Building Exhibition from 9 June 2020 and is extended until 31 October 2021.
Supported by the project of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic NAKI II No. DG18P02OVV030 – “Speech of material – traditional craft technologies for the preservation of cultural heritage and contemporary lifestyle”.
