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This is the former Large Drawing-room in the First Reserve
Apartment that was decorated by Alexander Briullov after the 1837
fire. It is used to display part of the collection of French 18th-century
decorative and applied art. The tapestries were made at the famous
Gobelins (Door-curtains of the Gods) and Beauvais (Grotesques
of the Gods) factories, the patterned fabric in Lyons. The display-cases
contain articles of soft-paste porcelain made at the Sevres, Vincennes
and Mennecy factories as well as faience. In the centre of the room
is a statue of Catherine II in the guise of Minerva by Jean-Pierre
Tassaert. The display also includes furniture and a long-case clock
made in Paris. |
