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The Alexander Palace / Re: Alexander Palace Restoration

« on: July 15, 2019, 06:38:12 PM »

Restoration of the emperor Nicholas II's oriental bathroom (june 2019) :



















The bathroom before the 1917 Revolution :





With Nicholas II :

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The Alexander Palace / Re: Alexander Palace Restoration

« on: July 15, 2019, 06:22:47 PM »

The imperial bedroom being restored (july 2019) .


©Stavros

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The Alexander Palace / Re: Alexander Palace Restoration

« on: July 15, 2019, 06:17:33 PM »

The Empress Palisander drawing room being restored, july 2019


©Stavros

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The Alexander Palace / Re: Alexander Palace Restoration

« on: July 15, 2019, 06:09:05 PM »

Furniture for interiors of the Alexander Palace to be recreated : here the corner fireplace is being recreated (right) for the Pallisander (Rosewood) Drawing Room (left).(march 2019)


©Stavros

https://tsarnicholas.org/2019/03/09/furniture-for-interiors-of-the-alexander-palace-to-be-recreated/

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The Alexander Palace / Re: Alexander Palace interiors

« on: March 09, 2019, 04:51:41 PM »

Furniture for interiors of the Alexander Palace to be recreated : here the corner fireplace is being recreated (right) for the Pallisander (Rosewood) Drawing Room (left).


©Stavros

https://tsarnicholas.org/2019/03/09/furniture-for-interiors-of-the-alexander-palace-to-be-recreated/

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The Alexander Palace / Re: The Mauve Room (Photos)

« on: August 10, 2017, 01:27:53 AM »

It's not Charles Berger but Charles Burger , and this factory still exists :

http://charles-burger.com/

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Tsarskoe Selo Palaces / Re: Catherine Palace Restoration

« on: March 31, 2017, 11:12:27 AM »

Do pieces from the ceiling still exist?

Joanna

Sadly the ceiling burned too in 1944.
The Carrare marble fireplace disapeared too  : you can see it here in 1917 and 1942-43 . The Lyons Hall was still intact . 1944 was the horrific year for the palace.
http://forum.alexanderpalace.org/index.php?topic=6503.60

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Tsarskoe Selo Palaces / Re: Catherine Palace Restoration

« on: March 29, 2017, 01:45:17 PM »

For memory , the original Lyons Hall (here painting by Hau , circa 1860) ... there is still work to be done ! ^^
(you recognize the doorway to the right . The original pearl and precious wood inlaid door leaves still exist , held in reserve).
click on for best resolution

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Tsarskoe Selo Palaces / Re: Catherine Palace Restoration

« on: March 29, 2017, 01:33:03 PM »

Dear members , anothers photos of the Lyons Hall :

Fabulous details of the golden and lapis-lazuli restored doorway :







Views of the Lyon's room with original furnitures and an imperial inlaid piano .
We can see too the fabulous recently restored chandelier of empress Maria , wife of emperor Alexander II :







Details of the piano's marquetry :





And finally on the foreground a view of the future restored inlaid parquet (also burned during the WWII): 2 m² have been already reconstitued :

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Tsarskoe Selo Palaces / Re: War Damage of Tsarskoe Selo and Peterhof

« on: March 01, 2017, 01:22:16 PM »

3 photos that I did not know before : Peterhof palace in 1944-1945 :

The entrance gate :



The ruined palace with gardens and fountains , with a german officer to the right. The Samson statue is always here , before being stolen by germans :



The church wing of the palace under the snow , during 1944-1945 winter :

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Tsarskoe Selo Palaces / Re: Catherine Palace Restoration

« on: March 01, 2017, 01:05:43 PM »

Welcome for your arrival Dwightzery ^^

Latest news for the restoration of the Catherine Palace : after the restoration of the  the golden chandelier made of lapis lazuli and gilded bronze and the gilt-bronze and lapis-lazuli furniture set , a door of the fabulous Lyons room was recently restored .

(photos from the facebook page of the Tsarskoie Selo State Museum).


©Tsarskoye Selo State Museum


©Tsarskoye Selo State Museum


©Tsarskoye Selo State Museum


©Tsarskoye Selo State Museum


©Tsarskoye Selo State Museum

The lapis-lazli and golden door was restored by Amber room team :


©Tsarskoye Selo State Museum


©Tsarskoye Selo State Museum

http://eng.tzar.ru/museums/palaces/c_atherine/lyons_hall

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Tsarskoe Selo Palaces / Re: War Damage of Tsarskoe Selo and Peterhof

« on: July 31, 2016, 11:52:27 AM »

Some pictures of Tsarskoie Selo Catherine Palace between 1941 and 1944 :

Main facade :




(photo already shown by Joanna but in a better resolution)

The great hall (with a german officer?)-the stucco moulded cornice has not been reconstituted after the war .


The Arabesque hall (the late cornice dating from the regn of Nicholas II has not been reconstituted , the curators preffered the Catherine II pediod) :


The main stairs (already seen but better resolution)

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Tsarskoe Selo Palaces / Re: War Damage of Tsarskoe Selo and Peterhof

« on: July 31, 2016, 10:36:28 AM »

3 unpublished pictures of Peterhof Great Palace at the end of the WWII (from Peterhof Museum facebook) : click on the pictures for best resolution


©State Peterhof Museum


©State Peterhof Museum


©State Peterhof Museum

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Tsarskoe Selo Palaces / Re: Restoration Pavilion Arsenal.

« on: July 31, 2016, 10:02:38 AM »

New installation of armours and old arms in Arsenal Pavilion , in co-operation with the Ermitage Museum .
This exhibition will be visible from august 24th .
(photos from Tsarskoie Selo Museum-Preserve Facebook)

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Tsarskoe Selo Palaces / Re: War Damage of Tsarskoe Selo and Peterhof

« on: May 05, 2016, 10:43:43 AM »

Thank you Joanna !

I had never seen these pictures , it's so sad ...

The spanish blue division have been very harmful towards Tsarskoie SElo and Peterhof .
I am sure that numerous treasures of these palaces are again in Spain ...(like books of imperials librairies , clocks , etc..)