HALL 8. CEREMONIAL HORSE HARNESS OF THE 16TH - 18TH CENTURIES

FIRST FLOOR PLAN
HALL 6. CHURCH VESTMENT, 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 OBJECTS 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 bases of this collection are the objects executed for royal ceremonial processions at the workshops of the Kremlin Stables Office. It includes saddles of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, Boris Godunov, Michael Romanov. The showcased items of ceremonial horse harness—horsecloths, saddles, bridles and sets of essential elements of horse equipment demonstrate the luxury of processions led by Russian rulers.

Among the exhibits, there is a lot of ceremonial horse harness made by Russian, Iranian, Turkish, Polish and German craftsmen. Diplomatic gifts, viz two gold sets of ceremonial horse harness presented to Empress Catherine the Great by Sultans of Turkey deserve particular attention.