Items from the Gothic set
Project of Ivan A.Ivanov
Imperial Glass Factory
1832
Double-layer glass (colorless with a blue, green, "Golden ruby" overlay); blowing, faceting, grinding, polishing
Bowl: height – 39 cm; Punch bowl: height with lid – 37 cm; Decanter: height with stopper – 32 cm; Decanter: height with stopper – 28 cm; Plate: diameter – 25 cm; Dessert cup: height – 11.8 cm; a Glass-römer: height – 15 cm; Vase on a leg height – 20.9 cm; Brandy glass: height – 12 cm
Receipt: from Leningrad museum fund, 1928; purchased from V.M.Rodina, 1982; purchased from E.S.Chelovan, 1984
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"Gothic" table set was made for the Winter Palace in 1832 by the project of Ivan A.Ivanov. The original art design of this ensemble has no analogues among other glass sets. Vivid and stylistically strict artistic solution ("neo-Gothics"); bright colors of glass overlays (blue, scarlet and green), a complex pattern of faceting required virtuoso skills of craftsmanship - all this was the reason why this set was rarely supplemented by Imperial Glass Factory.
More information...Ivan A.Ivanov (1779–1848), an architect. In 1789–1798 he studied at the Imperial Academy of arts. In 1798 he received a small silver medal and a certificate of I degree and the title of artist for architectural composition. In 1806–1815 he served in His Majesty’s Office as an assistant to artist F.Gattenberger (Jean François Xavier) at the artist's office "for drawing different images and coping of the drawings". Since 1806 he designed works of decorative and applied art. In 1815–1848 was an inventory (Artistic Director) at the Imperial Glass Factory; since 1830 – academician.
The awakened interest in history was not limited to appeal to national Russian roots, but became an important manifestation of the European enthusiasm for sense and style of historicism. "The Idea of sustainability of the process of world culture, and at the same time unique originality of its individual eras" created a fashion for plots and forms of the Middle Ages in Art of the first half of the XIX century.
Emperor Nicholas I in particular and his family were fascinated by the plots from the "knight's era". Empress Alexandra Feodorovna had a significant influence in development of interest in medieval art and its neo-Gothic interpretation in applied art; exquisite samples of which surrounded the Emperor’s family at home.
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