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CROATIAN SALON

(Chrystal salon)

The interior designer of this salon was one of goes along the entire ceiling length and it is
the leading Croatian and Yugoslavian post- an important element of the interior design.
war architects Vjenceslav Richter. This salon This chandelier was made according to the
is located at the corner of the ceremonial part design of the design studio “Stadion”. This
of the Palace. The required uniqueness was salon is adorned by the tapestry with simpli-
achieved with abundance of daylight from fied presentation of cities, made by Jagoda
two large windows. This salon is enriched Bujić, artist who contributed the most to the
using the concept of decoration in which a opening of new paths to new expression of
fresco of monumental dimensions stands out modern tapestry. The painting made in oil-
on the surface of the entire longitudinal wall. on-hardboard technique named “Sutjeska”
The author of the fresco is Croatian painter for which its author Lazar Vozarević was
Oton Gliha who found his inspiration in gro- awarded with a buy-out in the competition
mače, a typical Dalmatian mountain lands- for the decoration of the building in 1961 was
cape, i.e. Dalmatian karst. The chandelier subsequently placed in this salon.