Kuritel’nye trubki, XVIII – nachalo XX vekov: fantaziia i kurez v melkoi plastiki (Pipes for Smoking, 16th to the Early 20th c.: Fantasy and Curio in Applied Sculpture)
St. Petersburg: Herm, 2009. Sewn cl. In this edition in the series Collections of the Hermitage a curator of decorative arts at the Hermitage publishes a lesser known branch of applied and decorative arts: pipes for smoking. The pipes were carved and sculpted in various European countries, including Russia. They..... More