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Russian Art at Hillwood. Katrina V. H. Taylor. The book is a concise and clearly-written presentationof the material found at Hillwood Museum. Marjorie Merriweather Post (1887-1973), heiress to the Post Cereal fortune, owned many extraordinary and world-class items. The chapters cover the following categories: painting, Faberge, Faberge's contemporaries, gold boxes, niello, kovschi (distinctively Russian decorative drinking vessels), chalices, porcelain from the Imperial Factory and private factories, glass and ivory. One of the better books on the riches at Hillwood.
Univ of Washington Press, 1988. 1st edition. Paperback, 96 pages. Light scuffing to mostly black glossy color covers. No ownership marks. Overall about fine. 1 copy only.
