Palace as a museum…
The Tsarskoye Selo palace interiors
in the Autochromes of 1917

Texts by Iraida K. Bott, Deputy Director on Science and Education,
and Victoria F. Plaude, Photograph Collection Curator

Album
Aurora Art Publishers
St Petersburg, 2010
Number of printed copies: 2000
Language: Russian  

All gathered in one album for the first time, these unique Autochrome Lumière plates of 1917 show in great quality and detail the historical furnishings of the grandiose interiors of the Catherine Palace. The images are accompanied with extensive scientific comments on the history of the royal halls and of the artworks they housed.
 

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