"Jewels from Imperial St Petersburg" by Ulla Tillander-Godenhielm (2013)
"Jewels from Imperial St Petersburg"
by Ulla Tillander-Godenhielm
Jewels from Imperial St. Petersburg: Amazon.co.uk: Ulla Tillander-Godenhielm: Books
- ISBN-13: 9781906509248 ISBN 10: 1906509247
- Publisher: Unicorn Press
- Publication date: 16 March 2013
- Pages: 296
Barnes & Noble
A beautiful record and a stunning gift for the connoisseur of Imperial Russian jewelry.
Imperial Russian jewelry has its own special allure and is highly appreciated by collectors and connoisseurs around the world. This book offers a fascinating range of jewels and objects d'art crafted in St Petersburg during the golden age of ornamental design. Starting with the reign of Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, through that of Catherine the Great and ending in 1917 with the passing of Nicholas the 2nd, the book is intertwined with captivating personal and imperial history. It describes the development of style and design within the art of the St Petersburg goldsmith, while putting it into historical context.
Many of the pieces portrayed come from private collections in Finland and Sweden, each with a unique prominence happily preserved in anecdotes, letters, diaries, historical documents, and photographs. Magnificent portraits from Russia's most prestigious museums can likewise be found throughout the book's 300 deeply illustrated pages.
The Book Depository
A beautifully researched and illustrated volume about the jewelry from pre-revolutionary Russia.
Russian jewelry has its own special allure and is highly appreciated the world over. This book not only offers a fascinating range of jewels and objects d'art crafted in St. Petersburg, beginning with the reigns of the empresses Elizabeth and Catherine the Great and ending in 1917 with that of Nicholas II, it is also intertwined with captivating personal history. It describes the development of style and design within the art of the St. Petersburg goldsmith, putting it into historical context. Many of the pieces discussed come from private collections in Finland and Sweden, each with a unique provenance happily preserved in anecdotes, letters, diaries, historical documents, and photographs.
The author
Ulla Tillander-Godenhielm, Ph.D., is the great-granddaughter of the St. Petersburg goldsmith Alexander Tillander, a leading supplier to the Imperial Russian Court. She has been researching the oeuvre of Russian jewelers for many years. Her doctoral dissertation was on the labyrinthine and intriguing award system of Imperial Russia. Her work takes her around the world: lecturing, consulting for art exhibitions and writing in exhibition catalogues and for art publications. She has published several books on her specialty, the art of the jewelers of Imperial St Petersburg.
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