E. A. Pylaev, E. P. Iankovskaia

Veer kak iskusstvo: Veera iz sobraniia Moskovskogo gosudarstvennogo ob’edinennogo muzeia-zapovednika Kolomenskoe-Izmailovo-Lefortovo-Liublino i muzeia "Iskusstvo veera", g. Sankt-Peterburga (Fans as art: fans from the collection of Moscow Sate United Museum-Preserves Kolomenskoe-Izmailovo-Lefortovo-Liublino and the Fan Museum, St. Petersburg)

Moscow: Moskovskii ob''edinennyi muzei, 2014. pb. These works from five museums show how an applied and decorative art can verge on the fine arts. Artists using various techniques (painting, engraving, embroidery, carving) to shape and illustrate sensuous materials like silk, lace, bone, and spangles. Works come from Western Europe and Russia (the majority from France); the earliest was done in the Netherlands in the 1720s, the latest date to the early twentieth century. 76 p., 20 x 20 cm, approx. 100 color illus., Rus. Item #1304

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