6787, 1933

Containers:

Box SC-07 Box 1, Folder 8, Item SC07.02.3.028

Creator:

Hammer Galleries

Language:

English

Extent:

1 page

Preferred citation:

Lillian Thomas Pratt Personal Papers (SC-07). VMFA Archives, Richmond, Virginia.

Scope and content:

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] RUSSIAN IMPERIAL EXHIBIT December 4th, 1933 Article No. 6787 Mat. Made of gold brocade showing an Imperial Crown and double-headed eagle on a blue background. Made in 1913 to commemorate the three hundredth anniversary of the Romanoff regime. Bound and lined with old gold galoon. From a collection of brocades which were formerly used in the Imperial Chapels of the Romanoffs as altar covers and priests' robes. They were brought from the various Palaces about St. Petersburg to the Winter Palace. Here soldiers of the present government sorted them for burning so that the precious gold and silver used in weaving many of them could be reclaimed. Fortunately, Dr. Armand Hammer heard of the plan and succeeded in saving a large number of the vestments by purchasing them. These glorious fabrics, brilliant with metals that will never tarnish, combine the skill and artistry of the West with the originality and color of the Far East.

From the Hammer Collection – Three East Fifty-second Street, New York, N. Y.

Biographical / historical:

American--1

Acquisition information:

Gift of Lillian Thomas Pratt.

Physical description:

Paper

Physical facet:

Sales records

Related material:

47.20.389

Names:

Hammer Galleries

Places:

New York (N.Y.)

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