Nizhegorodskii gosudarstvennyi istoriko-arkhitekturnyi muzei-zapovednik: Osobaia kladovaia / Nizhny Novgorod State History and Architecture Museum Preserve: Unique Collection of Treasures
Nizhny Novgorod: Nizhegorodskii gosudarstvennyi istoriko-arkhitekturnyi muzei-zapovednik: Osobaia kladovaia / Nizhny Novgorod State History and Architecture Museum Preserve: Unique Collection of Treasures, 2014. Sewn cl. What unites most of the varied works under the heading "special collection" (osobaia kladovaia) is the use of precious materials — gold, silver, gems, crystal. The first section publishes such ecclesiastical works as chalices, a crozier, icon frames, bible covers, a reliquary, and a tabernacle, most dating to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The second section publishes works of silver originating on the Abamelek-Lazarev estate, a aristocratic family of Armenian descent renowned for affluence and patronage. Other sections publish works of both Russian and Western European origin (German, French) that typify the kinds of applied arts that the Russian gentry and merchant class acquired, which are of both Russian and Western European artists and craftsmen. Many of the works in the museum can be traced to gentry collections nationalized after the revolution. Metalwork predominates, but there are also works of ceremonial arms, glass, porcelain, and enamel, dating to the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries. 262 p., 30 cm, approx. 300 color illus., Rus. and ENGLISH. Item #4069
ISBN: 9785895333259
Price: $92.00