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The royal procession of Piedigrotta seen from the west
The royal procession of Piedigrotta seen from the east
Portrait of Louise Loy Smart
Portrait of Louis Dufort-Duras Earl of Feversham
King David and the water carriers, Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
Night snow in Kambara
Mario Furio Camillo arrives in Rome to negotiate with the Gauls
Mystical marriage of Saint Catherine
Madonna
Prayer before the storm
Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte
Portrait of Michele Coronini Cronberg
Pair of glasses
Spoil
Shelf clock
Pair of cafes
Pair of salt cellars
Pitcher and sugar bowl
Spring
About the game of chess
Shelf clock
Desk service
Shotgun
Cup with saucer
The man who looks at the sun
The sneeze
Bureau-cabinet
Spoil
Wedding fan
Folding fan
Dress with tailcoat, breeches and waistcoat
Cup with saucer
Glass
Bracelet with miniature portrait of Count Edwin de Fagan
Soup bowl
Etagère with mirror
The Visitation
The royal procession of Piedigrotta seen from the west
The royal procession of Piedigrotta seen from the east
Portrait of Louise Loy Smart
Portrait of Louis Dufort-Duras Earl of Feversham
King David and the water carriers, Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
Night snow in Kambara
Mario Furio Camillo arrives in Rome to negotiate with the Gauls
Mystical marriage of Saint Catherine
Madonna
Prayer before the storm
Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte
Portrait of Michele Coronini Cronberg
Pair of glasses
Spoil
Shelf clock
Pair of cafes
Pair of salt cellars
Pitcher and sugar bowl
Spring
About the game of chess
Shelf clock
Desk service
Shotgun
Cup with saucer
The man who looks at the sun
The sneeze
Bureau-cabinet
Spoil
Wedding fan
Folding fan
Dress with tailcoat, breeches and waistcoat
Cup with saucer
Glass
Bracelet with miniature portrait of Count Edwin de Fagan
Soup bowl
Etagère with mirror
The Visitation

Desk service

Anonymous

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Palazzo Coronini Cronberg Foundation

Palazzo Coronini Cronberg Foundation

Viale XX Settembre, 14, Gorizia

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The inkwell and the paperweight are part of a writing service that also includes two perfume cups and two candlesticks. The decoration is made with a technique typical of Russian high craftsmanship which consisted in obtaining thin sheets from malachite blocks which, subsequently, exploiting the particular shades and the different designs of the veins, were applied, like the tesserae of a mosaic, on bases in stone or metal. The final effect was that of an object apparently made of a single piece of malachite, because the joints between the various elements were hidden thanks to a special process that used tiny fragments of malachite mixed in a green colored mixture. Particularly precious results were then obtained by combining the malachite with gilded bronze elements, which create a pleasant contrast with the green color of the stone. In addition to the decoration of entire rooms, such as the famous Malachite Room of the Winter Palace, malachite was widely used in the production of sumptuous furnishings. In the first decades of the nineteenth century, tables, vases, candelabra, clocks and inkwells of extraordinary workmanship came out of the workshops of Peterhof and Ekaterinburg, which, offered as a gift by the tsars to foreign sovereigns, helped to spread admiration for this type throughout Europe. of objects.
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Title: Desk service

Author: Anonymous

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Technique: Marble, malachite, gilded bronze

Displayed in: Palazzo Coronini Cronberg Foundation

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