GARDEN OPEN CARRIAGE. MOSCOW, 1730

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

The two-seater open carriage is executed for Empress Anna Ioannovna in the 1730s in Russia. Though the exact place where it was made is unknown, the carriage is considered to be executed in the Kremlin workshops. Image of Anna Ioannovna and her monogram painted on the walls of the carriage testify of its belonging to the Empress. The form of the carriage is very sophisticated. Smooth curves of the body, relief carved shells, floral curls and paintings trace the features of the Baroque style. Modest dimensions and unordinary wide rims of the carriage were likely to have been intended for making rides at the court garden more comfortable.