Coronation uniform coat, 1896. The Coronation of Nicholas II, 1896 ‘And what a glorious day it was – a cloudless sky with hardly breeze enough to stir a leaf, while the hot sun poured upon the many gilded cupolas of Moscow and the Kremlin till they gleamed...
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Le Dressing-Room s'ouvrait sur la chambre á coucher impériale. Tous les matins, l'impératrice y trouvait ses vêtements, préparés par ses femmes de chambre. Celles-ci disposaient d'un accès particulier á cette pièce, par un escalier de frêne qui descendait...
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Alexei’s 1916 diary and its opening page. “The first diary of my little Alexey. Mama. Tsarskoye Selo.” (Once again, a special thanks to Anna from littleyellowcup for being kind enough to translate this little things).
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A thermometer bought by Tsar Nicholas II, 1898 Fabergé’s practical objects included highly decorative thermometers; he even produced clinical thermometers. Examples fitted with strut supports are known, including one also enamelled in mauve and made by...
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Rare A.L.S., Aleksandra, four pages, 8vo, Tsarskoe Selo (St. Petersburg), 6th/19th February 1914, to ‘Dearest Mary’, in English. Alix apologises for not having replied to her correspondent earlier about the bas-reliefs and returns a catalogue (no longer...
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Table laid with china from the Royal Porcelain Manufactory in Berlin, given to Tsar Nicholas II in 1894 by Emperor Wilhelm II, Berlin, 1894, porcelain; France, wine and water glasses, early 20th century; Paris, silver cutlery, 1778-1779, and French candelabra...
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Dresses of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna [1/?] Day dress made by the Atelier of Nadezhda Lamanova, Moscow Second half of the 1890s. The color scheme and decor of this costume is a vivid embodiment of fashion mid-1890s. The dress in cream coloured cloth...
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Le palais Alexandre (Александровский дворец, Alexandrovski dvoretz) est un palais néoclassique situé à Tsarskoïe Selo (ou Pouchkine) à côté de Saint-Pétersbourg. Ce fut la dernière résidence officielle de Nicolas II et de sa famille avant leur exil en...
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