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Catherine the Great : treasures of Imperial Russia from the State Hermitage Museum, Leningrad

1990

Format:	Book
Title:	Catherine the Great : treasures of Imperial Russia from the State Hermitage Museum, Leningrad / [edited by Isabella Forbes and William Underhill ; editorial co-ordinator and translator, Mark Sutcliffe].
Publisher, Date:	London : Booth-Clibborn, ©1990.
Description:	xviii, 206 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm
Summary:	"Catherine the Great started her collection in 1764 to decorate the Winter Palace. The treasures are now housed in The Hermitage museum in Leningrad. This book presents a selection of these treasures, including jewellery, such as a gold, diamond and sapphire snuff box, diamond watches, chalices, table services, armour, tapestries, dresses and portraits of her and her courtiers."--Amazon.
Subjects:	Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796. Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia) -- Catalogs. Art -- Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg -- Catalogs.
Other Author:	Forbes, Isabella. Underhill, William. Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-205).
Contents:	Catherine the Great and her age / Dr. G.N. Komelova -- The architecture of St. Petersburg in the time of Catherine the Great / Dr. G.N. Komelova -- Fine art / Augusta Pobedinskaya -- Applied arts / Tamara Kudriavtseva -- Russian culture and science / Irina Uchanova -- Commerative medals / Yevgeniya Schukina -- Literary publications in Russia during the reign of Catherine the Great / Olga Zimina.
LCCN:	92156023
ISBN:	0904866890 9780904866896 0904866920 9780904866926 * 0090486689
Other Number:	25350415
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Control Number:	1142
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Call Number:	709.47 Catherin

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