Objets D'Art in Amber from the Collection of the Catherine Palace Museum (17th - early 20th centuries): Catalogue / Khudozhestvennyy Yantar' XVII-nachala XX veka iz Sobraniya Ekaterininskogo Dvortsa-Muzeya: Katalog
Softcover
1990 · Leningrad
by Sergeevna, G. Nataliya
Leningrad: Vneshtorgizdat, 1990. Softcover. VG- with unbroken spine and clean, tight interior; very light wear to cover. Amber wraps with white lettering. 103 pp. with 77 items pictured in color and with 3 additional color images. Parallel text, Russian/English. From the State Museum Preserve in the Town of Pushkin (formerly the town of Tsarskoe Selo, where the former Imperial residence of the same name still exists). Includes an introduction and essay about the collection history. The catalogue is divided into 4 parts: Germany and Denmark in the 17th-18th Centuries; Poland in the 17th-18th Centuries, Russia in the 18th Century; and 19th-early 20th-Century Articles. Includes abbreviations used in the catalogue, along with a list of amber carvers and firms. With reference to, and a 2-page color photo of, the astonishing Amber Room in the Catherine Palace at Tsarskoe Selo. A lovely catalogue of 77 stunning works in amber, well-annotated in both languages. (Inventory #: 146961)