Product Description
Jacqueline Onassis, editor. With the Cooperation of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Introduction by Audrey Kennett. In the Russian Style. NY: Viking Press (A Studio Book): 1976. Hardcover, 184 pages. Illustrated in black and white and color. In very good condition, couple of 1" square pieces missing from dustjacket at the top of the back, chipping at the corners of the dustjacket, now in a clear protective jacket cover. Text near fine, no ownership marks. A very good reading copy. 1 copy only.
The style of Jacqueline Onassis (Kennedy) style meets Russia. A history in pictures of the fashion and accessories, such as gloves, lace, hats, pins, that Russian noble aristocracy wore from the times of Peter The Great through Alexander III (from 1682 to 1894). Chronicles authentic period pieces paired and photographed with contemporaneous art and furniture. Onassis drew together objects from public and private collections, and her research included visits to the great museums and palaces while the Soviets were still in power. Onassis was the prime mover of the exhibition and subsequent book. This was one of Jacqueline Onassis's first editorial undertakings for Viking.
