Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History

Accession Number: 
196276
Order Title: 
Archivision Addition Module EIGHT--6,304 images
Type of View: 
partialView
View Title: 
Setesdal farm display; loft from Ose in Austad, Bygland, ca. 1700, detail, lower "bur" for storage
Date of View: 
5/1/2009
Image description: 
The loft is remarkable because of its enormous logs, superior construction and decorative carving. It was built by Knut Torjussen Helle from Hylestad. The bur on the ground floor was used to store food, or sleeping in the summer.
Image Rights: 
¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Source Institution: 
Archivision, Inc.
Collection: 
Addition Module EIGHT
Culture: 
Norwegian
Subject: 
Housing
Subject: 
Restoration and conservation
Work Types: 
buildings; exhibition buildings; museums; open-air museums
Preferred Title: 
Norwegian Museum of Cultural History
Agent Display: 
Hans Aall (Norwegian museum director, 1869-1946 )
Date: 
established 1894 (creation)
Materials: 
wood; peat; iron
Technique: 
construction (assembling)
Measurement: 
140,000 m2 (area, outdoor)
Alternate Title: 
Norsk Folkemuseum
Locations: 
Oslo, Oslo (county), Norway
Location Type: 
(site)
Classification: 
Architecture