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CRAFTSMANSHIP AND FASHION IN VENICE IN THE 13th - 18th CENTURIES

27 June 2005—31 July 2005
The Russian Museum shows the renewed exposition that was exhibited in Correr Museum in Venice and then had a success in the largest museums of the world. The formatting of the exhibition represents fair trades on San Marco square in Venice of the 13th — 18th centuries. More than three hundred exhibits of the exhibition tell about the fashion evolution in the Venice Republic in the 13th — 18th centuries. There are cloths, suits, shoes, instruments and equipment, lace and precious stones, hats and glasses. The exhibition illustrates more than fifty crafts and allows to learn about the history of every shop flloor where highly skilled masters used to work. There are major shop floors — shoe manufacturers, tailors, silk, wool, cotton and flax manufacturers; different haberdashers: glovers, hose manufacturers, button-makers, lace-makers, dyers, tanners and leather workers. Objects in the exposition are accompanied by historic documents and pictures and give a broad view on the history of Italian fashion.
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Drawings and Watercolours by the Wanderers

Drawings and Watercolours by the Wanderers

21 March—8 July 2024

The exhibition presents graphic works created by the founders of the Society of Travelling Art Exhibitions, as well as by artists of the younger generation. Graphic works by the Wanderers supplement the idea of the work of artists whose paintings became significant events in social life.

The Coronation Album of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna. 1744

The Coronation Album of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna. 1744

3 January—1 April 2024

The tradition of creating coronation albums – publications with detailed illustrated descriptions of the coronation ceremony and other ceremonial events accompanying it – appeared in Russia in the 18th century. The current exhibition features three albums from the collection of the Russian Museum.

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