Author: ODOM, ANNE (1935-2011)
Title: Russian silver in America : surviving the melting pot / Anne Odom
Description: Washington. D.C. : London : Hillwood Museum and Gardens Foundation ; In association with D. Giles Ltd. 2011. First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 232 pages; Physical description: 232 p. : ill. (some col. ) ; 29 cm. Summary: Traces the history of Russian silver from before 1700 to 1917. following its fate in the 1920s and 1930s. when much of it was sold to American collectors and is now found in many public museums. Subjects: Silverwork - Collectors and collecting - Russiua - United States - History - 20th century. Contents: Major American collectors : contrasts in taste and focus -- Transition to Western styles : silver before 1700 -- Triumph of the Baroque : Peter and Elizabeth -- Rococo to Neoclassicism: Catherine and Paul -- Revival styles from Empire to Neorococo : Alexander I and Nicholas I -- The Russian style to Faberge´ -- Faberge´ to Modernism -- The Revolution and the fate of Russian silver.Weight in Kg appr.:

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