Gosudarstvennyi muzei-zapovednik Pavlovsk: Polnyi katalog kollektsii, tom I, Dvorets, vypusk 2, Inter’ery i paradnye zaly (Pavlovsk State Museum-Preserve: Complete Catalogue of the Collections, vol. I, The Palace, vypusk 2, Interiors, Ceremonial Chambers)
St. Petersburg: Pavlovsk, 2008. sewn pb. Besides its beautiful of the palace itself and the quality of its collections of fine and applied art, Pavlovsk is exceptional for the integration of architecture and interior design, the architects in many cases creating the drawings for the manufacture of furniture, lighting implements, and vases; they even gave instructions about which works of art should be acquired in Western Europe for specific rooms. This volume covers the design of the rooms, their furniture and decoration, as one coherent interior ensemble. Many works were lost from Bolshevik sales in the 1930s and Nazi onslaught in the 1940s, but scrupulous research and acquisitions by Pavlovsk’s curators and decades of restoration have recreated the ensemble as one work of art true to its architects’ and owners’ intent. Illustrations show the restored splendor of the late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century interior spaces, their works of decorative and fine art in place, wall and ceiling paintings. 240 pp., 8 3/8 x 10 3/4 ins., 45 b-&-w illus., 254 color, Rus. Item #614
ISBN: 9785894680460
Price: $88.00