Malachite Room of the Winter Palace
The Malachite Room of the
The room obtains its name from the use of malachite for its columns and fireplace. This large salon contains a large malachite urn as well as furniture from the workshops of Peter Gambs (1802-1871), son of the famous furniture maker Heinrich Gambs, which were rescued from the 1837 fire.
During the Tsarist era, the Malachite Room, which links the state rooms to the
From June to October 1917 this room was the seat of the Russian Provisional Government. When the palace was stormed during the night of 7 November 1917, the members of the Government were arrested in the adjoining private dining room.[4]
Today, as part of the
References
Citations
- ^ "The Malachite Room", The State Hermitage Museum, archived from the original on 18 May 2015, retrieved 13 May 2015
- ^ Sitwell, Sacheverell, "Valse des fleurs", Alexander Palace, archived from the original on 18 May 2015, retrieved 12 May 2015
- ^ Maylunas & Mironenko (1996), p. 109
- ^ "How the Bolsheviks took the Winter Palace", The Guardian, 27 December 1917, archived from the original on 18 May 2015
Bibliography
- Maylunas, Andrei; Mironenko, Segei (1996), A Lifelong Passion, Orion, ISBN 0-297-81520-2
External links
Media related to Category:Malachite Room in Winter Palace at Wikimedia Commons
- The Malachite Room today Flickr. Retrieved 13 November 2008.
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