A taste for splendor : Russian imperial and European treasures from the Hillwood Museum
1998
745.094 O25 1998
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Title
A taste for splendor : Russian imperial and European treasures from the Hillwood Museum
Published
Alexandria, Va. : Art Service International, 1998.
Description
340 p. : colored ill., colored ports. ; 31 cm.
Call Number
745.094 O25 1998
System Control No.
(OCoLC)37806151
Note
"Organized and circulated by Art Services International, Alexandria, Virginia"--T.p. verso.
Marjorie Merriweather Post, heiress to the Post Cereal fortune, became a serious collector of French decorative art in the early 1920s. Her extended stay in Moscow as the wife of Joseph E. Davies, FDR's ambassador to the Soviet Union, sparked a passion for Russian art that continued until her death. Ultimately she formed the most comprehensive imperial Russian collection outside Russia. Mrs. Post's collection at Hillwood includes paintings, furniture by Jean-Henri Riesener and David Roentgen, porcelain from Sevres and the Russian Imperial Porcelain Factory, objets d'art by Faberge (two superb imperial Easter eggs) and Cartier, etc. In this publication, Russian objects have been placed in their European context, allowing for the opportunity to rediscover the interaction of creative design between Russia and western Europe.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-332) and index.
Contents: Foreword / Mikhail Piotrovskii -- Years of Reigns of Russian and French Monarchs -- Marjorie Merriweather Post: Collector with a Passion for Beauty / Frederick J. Fisher -- The Selling of Russian Art and the Origins of the Hillwood Collection / Anne Odom -- The Lure of Luxury: French Fashions and Trends in Eighteenth-Century Decorative Arts / Liana Paredes Arend -- Russian Patronage and European Culture / Anne Odom -- Catalog of works: The Tradition of Pre-Petrine Russia. The Ascent of French Decorative Arts. Classicism and the Enlightenment. The Unity of the Empire Style. The Last Flowering of Classicism and Court Art. Historicism and International Expositions. The Decline of the Luxury Arts -- Notes on Art Conservation at Hillwood: Conserving the Collector's Intent / Albert Marshall
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Marjorie Merriweather Post, heiress to the Post Cereal fortune, became a serious collector of French decorative art in the early 1920s. Her extended stay in Moscow as the wife of Joseph E. Davies, FDR's ambassador to the Soviet Union, sparked a passion for Russian art that continued until her death. Ultimately she formed the most comprehensive imperial Russian collection outside Russia. Mrs. Post's collection at Hillwood includes paintings, furniture by Jean-Henri Riesener and David Roentgen, porcelain from Sevres and the Russian Imperial Porcelain Factory, objets d'art by Faberge (two superb imperial Easter eggs) and Cartier, etc. In this publication, Russian objects have been placed in their European context, allowing for the opportunity to rediscover the interaction of creative design between Russia and western Europe.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-332) and index.
Contents: Foreword / Mikhail Piotrovskii -- Years of Reigns of Russian and French Monarchs -- Marjorie Merriweather Post: Collector with a Passion for Beauty / Frederick J. Fisher -- The Selling of Russian Art and the Origins of the Hillwood Collection / Anne Odom -- The Lure of Luxury: French Fashions and Trends in Eighteenth-Century Decorative Arts / Liana Paredes Arend -- Russian Patronage and European Culture / Anne Odom -- Catalog of works: The Tradition of Pre-Petrine Russia. The Ascent of French Decorative Arts. Classicism and the Enlightenment. The Unity of the Empire Style. The Last Flowering of Classicism and Court Art. Historicism and International Expositions. The Decline of the Luxury Arts -- Notes on Art Conservation at Hillwood: Conserving the Collector's Intent / Albert Marshall
L2013G36
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