Russian silver in America
Subtitle: surviving the melting pot
By: Anne Odom
Publisher: Hillwood Museum and Gardens Foundation; In association with D. Giles Ltd.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781904832812; 9781931485098
Description: "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"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Major American collectors : contrasts in taste and focus; title: Transition to Western styles : silver before 1700; title: Triumph of the Baroque : Peter and Elizabeth; title: Rococo to Neoclassicism : Catherine and Paul; title: Revival styles from Empire to Neorococo : Alexander I and Nicholas I; title: The Russian style to Faberge; title: Faberge to Modernism; title: The Revolution and the fate of Russian silver; title: Comments on marks; title: Glossary.