Treasures of the Czars: From the State Museums of the Moscow KremlinThis book features many of the remarkable works of art housed in the former armoury and other museums of the Moscow Kremlin, including Peter the Great's coronation crown, and Faberge's Tricentennial Easter Egg commissioned in 1913 by Nicholas II to celebrate 300 years of Romanov rule. |
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17TH CENTURY Alexander II Alexei Mikhailovich ambassadors ancient Anna Ivanovna Archangel Cathedral Armory artist balls boyars brocade caftan carved Catherine CENTURY SILVER ceremony clergy cloth CM INV colored coronation costume court courtiers cross crown Czar Czar Alexei Mikhailovich Czar Mikhail Feodorovich Czar's Czarevich Czarevna Czarina decorated DIAM diamonds Dmitrii Dormition Cathedral dress eighteenth century Elizaveta Petrovna emblem embroidered embroidery Emperor Empress Elizaveta Petrovna enamel engraved example feast days Feodor Alexeevich foliate foreign GALLOON GOLD THREAD HALF OF 17TH heir horse icon Imperial inscription Ivan jewelers knights KREMLIN WORKSHOPS magnificent Maria Feodorovna MASTER Mikhail Feodorovich Monastery Moscow Kremlin Muscovy Nicholas niello oklad Order of St ornament painted Palace parade Patriarch Paul pearls Peter Petersburg plate portrait PRECIOUS STONES procession regalia reign robes Romanov dynasty royal family second half seventeenth century silk silver-gilt sixteenth solemn sovereign St Andrew symbol teenth century tion traditional Treasury two-headed eagle velvet vessels