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HISTORY of FURNITURE ART Site
Museum of furniture and "Art-Korona" corporation take part in exhibitions,
their competent employees give consultations on the history of furniture making.
There is the club of the restorers and fans of antiquarian furniture, the presentations
of collections, exhibition, literary and musical parties are held.
Site
Museum of furniture and "Art-Korona" corporation have taken part in
issuing the series of the books "History of furniture art". *
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In
this series the following books are published:
Genrich
Gatsura
"PERIOD
FURNITURE"
Moscow,
1999, 2000, 2002.
ILLUSTRATED
HISTORY OF RUSSIAN AND WEST EUROPEAN FURNITURE MAKING.
The
book represents the history of Russian and West European furniture making. It
includes typical pieces of period furniture relating to various countries. Included
here are also accessories and raw materials, the list of the best Russian and
European furniture makers and a lot of interesting information never published
before. The study bases itself on the rare sources related to 17 - 19 and the
beginning of 20 centuries.
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Genrich
Gatsura
"THONET
FURNITURE"
Moscow,
2001.
BROTHERS
THONET” ON THE FURNITURE MARKET OF IMPERIAL RUSSIA
Illustrated history
of Thonet furniture. The illustrated history of the furniture firm, which was
a furniture style designer in the second half of the 19 and at the beginning of
the 20 centuries. About 2000 color and black-and-white illustrations and the most
complete catalogue with more than 1700 pieces of furniture relating to the second
half of the 19 and the beginning of the 20 centuries. The richly illustrated book
presents the history of "The Brothers Thonet" Firm. Included here are all the
models of the Viennese furniture delivered by the firm to imperial Russia. | 
