"Adorned with Coloured Woods": Russian Marquetry Furniture of Catherine the Great's Epoch
St. Petersburg: Slavia / Petergof, 2015. sewn cl. A substantive introduction on the works themselves, the craftsmen and architects who designed them, techniques of construction, and the iconography of patterns and scenes incorporated in the marquetry precedes the catalogue of an exhibition at Peterhof Palace-Museum. The works of furniture art come from the Hermitage, Peterhof, and the Karisalov collections and date to the 1760s through the 1790s. The designs originated in Russia but were devised by both Western European architects working in Russia such as Charles Cameron and by Russian architects. Usually the same great talents that designed the palaces also did the details of interior. Beautifully laid out and nicely printed, this catalogue will be a basic source on eighteenth-century European design. 271 p., 30 cm, approx. 300 color illus., Rus. or ENGLISH. Item #1278
ISBN: 9785950102264
2ND ISBN: 9785950102240.
Price: $114.00