Russian splendor : sumptuous fashions of the Russian court /

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Corporate Authors: Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia) (owning institution,)
Group Author: Bouis, Antonina W. (Translator)
Published: Skira/Rizzoli,
Publisher Address: New York, NY :
Publication Dates: 2016.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Russian
Edition: English edition.
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Item Description: "Catalog of the exhibition at the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg, 17 May-21 September 2014"--Title page verso.
"Published with the approval of the Editorial Publication Board of the State Hermitage"--Title page verso.
Carrier Form: 437 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9780847849468
0847849465
Index Number: GT1043
CLC: TS941.745.12-09
Call Number: TS941.745.12-09/R969
Contents: Introduction / by Dr. Mikhail Piotrovsky -- Ceremonies and festivities at the imperial court / G.V. Vilinbakhov and E.A. Tarasova -- Ceremonial costumes of the Russian court in the eighteenth to early twentieth centuries in the collection of the State Hermitage Museum / T.T. Korshunova and N.I. Tarasova -- Fashion and style at the Russian court / Yu. V. Plotnikova -- Traditions, ceremonies, rituals: Court costume of the eighteenth to early twentieth centuries ; Church vestments ; Wedding ceremonies -- Social life: Ball and evening costumes of the nineteenth to early twentieth centuries ; Masquerade costumes of the nineteenth to early twentieth centuries ; The 1903 masquerade at the Winter Palace ; Masquerade in the western European style ; Visiting and party costumes of the nineteenth to early twentieth centuries ; Games and entertainment ; Hunting dress.