CALENDAR: ALL EVENTS - October 2008
26.09.2008 - 10.01.2009The Buccellati heritage. Timeless art of jewellery
The exhibition in the Assumption Belfry presents jewellery artworks of the world-renowned Italian company, established by Mario Buccellati, a goldsmith of Milan, in 1919. Having mastered the art of metal working and jewellery making he developed his own style, improved traditional techniques and decorative methods. Among the 150 exhibited articles, executed by Mario Buccellati and his sun Gianmaria, you will see precious rings, bracelets and brooches, jewellery sets, figured silver items, decorative cups and many other artworks from private and museums' collections of Milan, Florence, the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, etc. The display, illustrating the history and evolution of the Buccellati production, is one of the projects, organized by the Moscow Kremlin museums to represent the greatest jewellery firms of the XXth century to the Russian audience.
05.09.2008 - 16.11.2008Two centuries of British fashion from the Victoria and Albert Museum's collection
The exhibition, placed in the One-Pillar Chamber of the Patriarch's Palace, represents a remarkable historical collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in England, London. It covers two centuries of British fashionable dress and reveals the history and evolution of high fashion and styles during this period. One can see elegant rococo gowns and petticoats, court mantuas and domestic robes of the XVIIIth century, walking suits and riding habits, streamy, almost transparent tunics of the so-called naked fashion, mantles and capes of the late XIXth century. Accessories of different materials, decorated with precious stones, metals and outstanding hand-sewn lace, are worthy of particular attention. The display includes luxurious fans, tiny parasols, embroidered handkerchiefs, woman's and man's shoes, headwear and bags.