Sutile wall carpets are appeared in genteel and civilian homes originally. Their kitchen versions became more popular in 1880's when the closed fuelled system kitchens are appeared. According to Ákos Kovács, who is an ethnographer-museologist: "...wall carpets speak frankly, and more beautiful about their appliers" life, way of thinking, desire and taste." On the wall carpets everyday wisdoms, home blessing, sometimes song-hit texts became more popular and the present became more important than the past.

For example: "My kitchen is simple, but lovely so my husband is very proud of me."

"My husband drinks only water and I do not weep my maidenhood back."

"Anywhere my destiny takes, I have crave for going back to my calm village."

(Of course these texts are just the meanings of the original Hungarian versions.)

Home blessing:

"Where belief is, there is love

Where love is, there is peace

Where peace is, there is blessing

Where blessing is, there is God

Where God is, there is no dearth."

These wall carpets have no place in present-day kitchens. Some of them are kept up deep inside wardrobes by descendants, but some of them have darker destiny. One of them is used to washing up, or to dusting.

In our exhibition you can see relics of an extinct lifestyle. Hungarian and German inscriptions are on wall carpets, on towels, and on comb and brush-carriers.