SPECIAL PROJECT AT XXXI RUSSIAN ANTIQUE SALON.
«EMPIRE. STYLE OF TWO EMPERORS».
Curator – Olga Strougova

Exposition «AMPIRE – STYLE OF TWO EMPERORS» from the private collections dedicated to the representative and solemn style, which clearly manifested itself in France and Russia at the first quarter of 19th century and is associated with the names of two emperors - Napoleon and Alexander I.

The exposition demonstrates the interior items typical for both Russia and France. Here presented furniture and lighting, the main objects of the interior, but not only them. Viewers will see a collection of watches, including ones from the workshop of unsurpassed French bronze-master P.Ph. Thomire. The great variety of bronze clocks - one of the most significant features of the Empire style. Among the porcelain works one can see objects with paintings by the famous French battle-pieces painter J.-Ph.-J. Swebach, who worked at the Imperial Porcelain Factory since 1813, and a vase with caryatids, executed by sculptor S. Pimenov. A collection of miniature paintings introduces the images of people of Empire time, in which of the great significance are the portraits of Alexander I and Empress Elisabeth, Napoleon and Madame Recamier. Furnishings of Russian Empire mansion of the first third of the 19th century demonstrate the uniqueness of this area of Russian decorative and applied arts, based on the style, born in France. These subjects clearly demonstrate the originality and uniqueness of Russian estate culture of “golden age”.

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