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Copying Lathe
Made by Franz Singer (Sanger) and Andrei Nartov
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Portrait of
Andrei Nartov
Unknown artist of the mid-18th century
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In the second half of the 19th century this room belonged
to the Third Reserve Apartment (formerly, after the 1837 fire, it
was a schoolroom for Nicholas I's sons, Nikolai and Mikhail). The
chief element of the display is lathes from the court turnery of Peter
the Great: three lateral copying lathes, two medal-striking lathes
and a machine for cutting cogwheels. They were made between 1712 and
1729 by Franz Singer, Andrei Nartov and other craftsmen belonging
to the Turnery. The display also includes a printing-press from the
Senate printshop, carved walnut cupboards, Dutch chairs, and a model
of the house in Zaandam where Peter I lived in 1697. |
