Six books about St. Petersburg decor

Where to read about Petersburg gates and stained -glass windows in ceremonial, visors and stoves in houses? “Paper”, along with the “Signature Publications” store, chose several books about the decor of historical houses of St. Petersburg of different centuries and one telegram channel with catalogs of furniture and tiles.

Book with photos of the gate of St. Petersburg

This book is dedicated to Metalodecor - it contains photographs and addresses of the openwork historical gates of St. Petersburg, created from the middle of the 18th century to the present day. In the publication, you will find images, for example, the fences of the Tauride Palace and the Hippius mansion on Furshtatskaya, 40.

Link: podpisnie.ru

Three volumes about stained glass windows - Petrograd, Vasileostrovsky and Admiralty districts

The creators of the project "Stained -ups of St. Petersburg. Inventory ”collect the base of stained glasses of the old fund and, according to the results of the work, publishes books. There are already two volumes in the series - about stained glass windows of the Petrograd and Vasileostrovsky districts, and soon the book will be published about Admiralty - the creators of the project sent it to print on February 4.

Link: vk.com/vitroart

The book about ceramist Peter Vaulin - with sketches of stoves and drawings of tiles

The album, prepared by St. Petersburg restorers and employees of the Keramarch Museum, is dedicated to ceramist Peter Vaulin. He created numerous panels on the buildings of St. Petersburg and the Kronstadt Cathedral, and was also the author of the major decoration of the cathedral mosque. The book presents images from the personal fund of Vaulin - sketches of furnaces, watercolor drawings of tiles and majolica works and lithography of ceramic panels, as well as photographs of work from his workshop.

Link: podpisnie.ru

Telegram channel with catalogs of tiles, tiles, wallpaper and furniture

A member of the Ganged Local History team and an employee of the Library of Mayakovsky Ksenia Sidorina leads a telegram channel, in which she uploads PDF versions of books, photographs and documents on historical heritage. In the channel, you can find, for example, digitized catalogs of Villery & Boch floor tiles , which is often found in St. Petersburg ceremonial, German wallpaper at the beginning of the 20th century and old furniture .

Link: Mettlachtile

A book about the history of a pottery factory that produced architectural ceramics

At the end of the XIX - beginning of the 20th century, the Kharlamov Pottery Plant was the largest manufacturer of architectural ceramics in St. Petersburg. On it, for example, the tile decoration of the Savior-on-blood was created. The book considers the history of the plant and its work.

Link: podpisnie.ru

Publication about visors of St. Petersburg

In this book, 250 pages contain photos of St. Petersburg visors - the period of eclecticism, modern, neoclassic. The publication helps to trace how city visors and awnings turned from exclusively utilitarian structures into an important element of decor.

Link: podpisnie.ru

Book about the architect Lidval and the symbolism of city facades

Architect Fedor Lidval built more than a dozen buildings in St. Petersburg. The book is dedicated to one of them - on Kamennostrovsky Prospekt, 1-3. It also tells about the St. Petersburg modern and symbols that can be found on city facades: from mushrooms to owl.

Link: podpisnie.ru

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