Interior design in the Maurycy Poznański Palace – the seat of the Museum of Art in Łódź
Investor: Museum of Art in Łódź
Location: 43 Gdańska St, Łódź
Area: 1 192 m2
Team: Maciej Taczalski, Karolina Taczalskaa
Palace at 36 Więckowskiego Street was built by Izrael Poznański for his son Maurycy and his wife Sara née Silberstein. The construction was completed in 1902. The palace, designed by Adolf Zeligson in the Neo-Renaissance style, was probably based on the building of the St. Mark's in Venice by Jakop Sansovin. In 1948, the Museum of Modern Art was established in the palace. Probably during the adaptation works to the new function, part of the rich interior design was removed (especially within the second floor, where only stucco ceilings have survived to this day in two rooms from the side of Więckowskiego Street), and part of it was covered by adding screen walls. Only the corner living room with a coffered marbled ceiling, oak paneling with tapestries and a parquet mosaic, now called the Lecture Room, remains as a witness to the former glitz.
Thanks to the effort of our studio, the Provincial Conservator of Monuments and the Museum of Art, the screen walls in the next living room, named the Mirror Room due to its decor, were removed. After the dismantling of the front walls, rich ceiling and wall stucco with gilding, door woodwork with gilding and paneling with gilding, mirrors and tapestries appeared. After completing full documentation and carrying out complex conservation procedures, the original appearance of the room was restored.
Niezwykle ważne było również zachowanie wystroju Sali Neoplastycznej, zaprojektowanej przez Władysława Strzemińskiego w 1948 roku specjalnie dla potrzeb łódzkiego muzeum. Na podstawie wykonanych odkrywek udało się ustalić pierwotna kolorystykę tych sal i możliwie wierne odtworzyć pierwotny wygląd tych pomieszczeń.
Pozostałe sale przystosowano do funkcji muzealnej i wyposażono w instalacje niezbędne do odpowiedniego eksponowania dzieł sztuki nowoczesnej.
