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Russian Silver in America
Anne Odorn
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Description for Russian Silver in America
Hardcover.
The Hillwood Museum's Russian silver collection is the largest and most comprehensive outside Russia. 'Russian Silver in America' surveys Russian silver production, its changing forms, styles, imagery and techniques over more than 250 years, drawing on the collections of both the Hillwood and other US museums. A beautifully illustrated book which provides a proper cultural, political and historical context in which to view this fascinating collection, it charts the history of Russian silver through the baroque styles of the reigns of Peter and Elizabeth, the move to Rococo and Neoclassicism under Catherine and Paul, revivalist styles under Alexander I and ... Read more
The Hillwood Museum's Russian silver collection is the largest and most comprehensive outside Russia. 'Russian Silver in America' surveys Russian silver production, its changing forms, styles, imagery and techniques over more than 250 years, drawing on the collections of both the Hillwood and other US museums. A beautifully illustrated book which provides a proper cultural, political and historical context in which to view this fascinating collection, it charts the history of Russian silver through the baroque styles of the reigns of Peter and Elizabeth, the move to Rococo and Neoclassicism under Catherine and Paul, revivalist styles under Alexander I and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
D Giles Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904832812
SKU
V9781904832812
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99-5
About Anne Odorn
Anne Odom is former deputy director of collections and chief curator, now curator emeritus at Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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