Stove tile
Between 1716 and 1727 Alexander Menshikov set up several faience workshops in Strelna on the outskirts of Saint Petersburg to produce tiles in the Dutch style to embellish the interiors of his palace-the city's first stone building-and other newly constructed residences.
Artwork Details
- Title: Stove tile
- Date: 18th century
- Culture: Russian
- Medium: Glazed pottery
- Dimensions: 9 x 7 1/8 in. (22.9 x 18.1 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
- Credit Line: Gift of Karl J. Freund, 1914
- Object Number: 14.96.4
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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