Năruja household, Jud. Vrancea, sec. the nineteenth
At the end of the 19th century, the Năruja commune was part of the Vrancea grid of Putna county, located in the Vrancea mountains in the bend of the Carpathians. In the area, the predominant occupation of the inhabitants is shepherding, which is evidenced by the tools and utensils in the house: the bucket of water, the milk jug, the butter and many other vessels specific to shepherds.
With an elevation adapted to the sloping terrain, the home of the villager Luca Țigănușu from Năruja, transferred to the museum in 1957, preserves an architectural typology that does not lack volumetric compositions based on simplicity and functionality.
The specific architectural element of the house is represented by the gazebo set up against the plane of the walls, surrounded by a beautiful perforated parapet, called in local parlance "zastalniță".
The plan of the house includes two rooms: a very narrow one at the entrance (tinda), used to store tools and various materials used in the household, and another larger one, which constitutes the actual home, having multiple functions: kitchen, work room, bedroom, place to receive guests. The ensemble consisting of the free hearth (located at the tread level and positioned towards the middle of the room), the stone oven and the tall basket made of clayed reeds is a witness of the late historical evolution.
The special note of the interior is given by the arrangement of the fabrics around the walls, in several "friezes" made up of woolen walls with patterns, wiping and polychrome "handkerchiefs".
