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Izdatelstvo Sovetskaia Rossiia (Publishing House Soviet Russia), Moskva (Moscow) [Published date: 1959]. Paper covers, 69 pp, plus 30 unnumbered pages of plates, and 3 colored plates; illustrated throughout with black-and-white and 3 color plates; 26 cm. Series: Trudy Gosudarstvennogo istoricheskogo muzeia. Pamiatniki kultury, vyp. 28. Text in Russian.
In good condition. Pale gray paper covers have light bumping and creasing to edges and light overall scuffing and soiling. Price stamp (4 rubles 40 kopeks) on back cover. Binding tight. Previous owner's name and date in ink on title page. Pages lightly aged but otherwise clean and unmarked.Catalog issued by the State Historical Museum in Moscow, documenting Russian silver filigree and Usolye enamel from the 15th to the 19th centuries. Contents include (translated into English): Preface; Russian Silver Filigree by M. M. Postnikova-Loseva: Technical process of producing filigree items; Filigree; Granulation; Solder; False filigree and granulation; Centers of Russian filigree art; Filigree buttons and chains; Masters of the filigree craft; Usolye Enamel by N. G. Platonova: The art of painted enamel in Solvychegodsk; Catalog of Usolye enamels; Illustrations.