Moniak Manor, Living Room

Salon w drewnianym dworze z ozdobnymi meblami.

Non domus, sed hospicium (‘Not a house but hospitality’) – this Latin proverb on the crossbeam visible in the living room tells us something about the inhabitants and still conveys the message of courtesy, kindness and hospitality characteristic for Orawa. The furnishings are characteristic for 19th-century modest landowners’ manors. The representative living room is filled with Biedermeier and Louis Philippe furniture. A small collection of porcelain stands on the sidepiece. There is also a bed and photographs reminding the visitors that this was where Joanna Wilczkowa nee Lattyák lived until 1951 and that she and her brother Sándor Lattyák donated the entire historical homestead to the Polish State in 1937, thus creating the core of our museum. From the living room, a door to the left leads to an alcove with a bed, a dressing table and small personal items. It is worth noting that both the living room and the alcove have separate stoves that do not allow smoke into these rooms thanks to the fact that hearths are located in the hallway. A small door opposite the entrance leads to an office. The legend maintains that the entrance was intentionally made small and low so that everybody had to bow their head when coming to see the nobleman owner in observance of the accepted etiquette towards a person of a higher rank.


 
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