250 years of Lomonosov porcelain manufacture St. Petersburg : 1744-1994 / Galina Agarkova, Nataliya Petrova
1994, 1st edition. Desertina, Switzerland : Lomonosov Porcelain Manufacture. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved and taped to the boards. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #420398
Physical description; ix, 249 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm. Contents; Introduction / by René E. Felber -- Preamble / by Sinaida Metelitsa -- Preface / by Galina Agarkova -- The foundation of the factory under Empress Elizabeth -- The flowering of Russian porcelain under Catherine II (1762-1796) and Paul I (1796-1801) early Neo-classicism -- The reorganisation of the works under Alexander I (1801-1825). Period of High Neo-Classicism -- The Period of Historicism under Nicholas I (1825-1855), Alexander II (1855-1881) and Alexander III (1881-1894) -- The era of Nicholas II (1894-1917) and of Russian Art Nouveau -- The porcelain of the 1920s after the October Revolution -- The period of Socialist reconstruction (from the end of 1920s to the early 1940s) -- The second World War and the Post-War period until the early 1960s -- Tradition and the present (1970s-early 1990s) -- Production department of the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg -- Factory marks and signs -- Short biographies of the artists -- Register of names -- Essential bibliography. Subjects; Leningradski gosudarstvenny farforovy zavod imeni M.V. Lomonosova History. Porcelain, Russian. China painting Russia (Federation) Saint Petersburg. Porcelain industry Russia (Federation) Saint Petersburg. Ceramics Russia 18th century. Ceramics Russia 19th century. Ceramics Russia 20th century. Porcelain Russia. Saint Petersburg Art Ceramics.
Price: €165.00