Herend: The Art of Hungarian Porcelain [antikvár]

PREFACEIt is always a pleasant, refreshing experience to walk the wide, modern halls of the Porcelain Factory of Herend, and not only because I have strolled many times through the somewhat patriarchal, old-fashioned rooms of the former manufactory at a time when my whole family was admiring the products of that workshop. Today, Herend continues to be the pride of the Hungarian ceramics industry; no doubt, the beauty of its products and the popularity of china throughout the world have much to do with it. Presently, Herend's fine quality porcelain is being exported to over forty countries.In the spacious, sparkling clean halls, the newest machines perform the technical work, but the essencethe decorating and colouring of the porcelainis done by hand. The men and women who work here are highly qualified designers contributing with their expertise and fine artistic sense to a superior team-work. Rightfully, Herend is recognized for being a cornerstone of industrial art, where good tradition is continued and supplemented with the best achievements of modern technology. Győző Sikota has compiled the results of his extensive, partly archival research into a monograph about the past and present of this Hungarian national institution. Since its publication in Hungarian, his book has become a fundamental work. Beautifully illustrated, it presents Herend and the art of making porcelain to the world.Dezső Keresztury