Malachite Vase

© Paul Coco

Malachite Vase

Uploaded: September 01, 2014 04:49:03 | Entered: September 14, 2014 03:13:52

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From the Hermitage Museum web site – “The Malachite Room of the Winter Palace, designed by the architect Alexander Briullov in the late 1830s was used as an official drawing-room of Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna, wife of Nicholas I.

The unique embellishment of the room includes columns, pilasters, fire-place trimmings and decorative vases - all made of malachite in the "Russian mosaic" technique. The interior looks particularly impressive due to the combination of bright green of the stone, rich gilding and saturated crimson of the hangings. The big covered malachite vase and the furniture produced in the workshop of Peter Gambs from sketches by Auguste de Montferrand were saved during the fire of 1837.”


Exif: F Number: 4.2, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/60 seconds, Flash: fired, auto mode, return light detected, ISO: 800, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 32.00 mm, Model: NIKON D90

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