SHOWCASE 7. NOVGOROD SILVERWARE OF THE 16TH - 17TH CENTURIES

EXPOSITION
HALL 1. RUSSIAN GOLD- AND SILVERWARE OF THE 12TH - EARLY 17TH CENTURY
HALL 2. RUSSIAN GOLD- AND SILVERWARE OF THE 17TH - EARLY 20TH CENTURY
HALL 3. EUROPEAN AND ORIENTAL CEREMONIAL ARMS AND ARMOUR OF THE 15TH - 19TH CENTURIES
HALL 4. RUSSIAN ARMS AND ARMOUR OF THE 12TH - EARLY 19TH CENTURY
HALL 5. WEST EUROPEAN SILVER OF THE 13TH - 19TH CENTURIES
HALL 6. ECCLESIASTICAL ATTIRE, PICTORIAL AND ORNAMENTAL EMBROIDERY OF THE 14TH - 18TH CENTURIES. RUSSIAN ROYAL GARMENT IN THE 16TH - EARLY 20TH CENTURY
HALL 7. ANCIENT STATE REGALIA AND CEREMONIAL ITEMS OF THE 13TH - 18TH CENTURIES
HALL 8. CEREMONIAL HORSE HARNESS OF THE 16TH - 18TH CENTURIES
HALL 9. ROYAL CARRIAGES OF THE 16TH - 18TH CENTURIES

In the 16th-17th centuries, Novgorod still remained a large centre of jewellery-making, which has preserved its own individual artistic manner. A favourite technique of the Novgorod jewellers was filigree, intended to embellish icons, gospels, crosses and other precious items with a pattern out of twisted pieces of wire, sometimes finished with coloured enamel.

The articles, represented in the showcase, refer to the 16th-17th centuries and include masterpieces by Novgorodian craftsmen made of precious stones and decorated with favourite techniques of filigree and enamels. The production of Novgorod silversmiths exerted influence on the development of decorative and applied arts of many Russian cultural centres, including Moscow. Their artistic manner and methods of metal processing can be traced through the forms and ornamentation of the items, produced in the Kremlin Golden and Silver Chambers.