Stanislaw Wyspianski (1869 - 1907), "Florist from the set of furniture of Mr. and Mrs. Żeleński".

pencil, crayon on paper, ca. 1904, 19.5 x 16 cm, signed with bound monogram in lower right corner: "SW" and described at the bottom: "1 on FLOWERS AND NOTES".

In late 1904 and early 1905, Stanislaw Wyspianski designed the interiors in the apartment of Zofia née Parenska and Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński. The suit of living room furniture consisted of chairs, armchairs, a table, a jardiniere and sofas and was the dominant design element in the minimalist interiors. In 1913, the furniture was sold to Dr. Andrzej Chramc as furnishings for his sanatorium in Zakopane. Destroyed and decomposed by intensive use by visitors and during wartime operations, after 1967 the armchairs and sofa found their way into the collection of the National Museum in Cracow.
The piece of furniture presented in the sketch combines the function of a stool and a flowerbed, and the artist himself saw its purpose as a cabinet "for flowers and notes." Made by carpenter Andrzej Sydor, the piece of furniture can be seen in its final version in a photograph of the interior of the Zeleński salon from 1907.