Tessa Murdoch

Olga Dmitrieva

Filled with portraits, miniatures, silver, arms and armor, heraldry, sumptuous embroidery and tapestries, and stunning jewelry, this colorful book explores the diplomatic, trade, and cultural exchanges between the courts of Britain and Russia from the reign of Henry VIII to the death of Charles II. Through objects seen and used at court, gifts of diplomats, and royal commissions, the book presents an overview of privileged living in 16th- and 17th-century Britain with texts by experts from the V&A and the Kremlin Museum. Illustrating a broad range of fine and decorative art from spectacular English-made silver to jewelry worn by Sir Francis Drake and textiles that emphasize the colors of daily life at court, this engaging book illuminates the intriguing lives of Elizabeth I, Charles II, Ivan the Terrible, Henry VIII, and other famed monarchs.

Tudors, Stuarts and Russian Tsars

Treasures of the Royal Courts

Kim Sloan

Diana Dethloff

Caroline Elam

This book celebrates the work and career of the internationally renowned art historian, David Bindman, on the occasion of his 75th birthday, and is above all a tribute to him from his former students and colleagues.

Essays in Honour of David Bindman

Burning Bright

Published in memory of the architectural historian John Cornforth, the great house inventories document the taste and lifestyle of leading aristocratic patrons and the households that supported them. This book serves as a tribute to his lifelong interest in the field.

Eighteenth-century Inventories of Great English Houses : a Tribute to John Cornforth

Noble Households

Boughton House in Northamptonshire is a house of contrasts. Its magnificent, and at the same time, formal exterior in the French style gives little hint of the rambling Tudor manor house embedded within. Involvement with the law and politics at the highest level generated the wealth of its founders and builders, but enlightened artistic patronage and a strong aesthetic sense have been characteristic of many generations of the Dukes of Montagu and of Buccleuch since the 17th century. This book looks at the house and its furnishings.

Tessa Murdoch

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