Leather-bound book "Armory of the Moscow Kremlin" in a box

The history of Russia's oldest museum, the State Armory, dates back two hundred years. She was destined to become a collector and keeper of the country's national heritage, its "glorious memorabilia", masterpieces of jewelry, weapons, and decorative arts of the IV-XXI centuries, created by the best masters of Russia, Europe, and the East. Every day thousands of Muscovites and guests of the capital come to the treasury to experience the best examples of Russian and world art culture. Moving from hall to hall, from showcase to showcase, they get acquainted with the unique beauty of things preserved only here in the Moscow Kremlin, with things closely related to the history of Russia, which our ancestors cherished during the most difficult years of their lives.

The beautifully illustrated book tells about the history of the Armory, about the exhibits of the Russian gold and silver business of the XII -early XX century and Western European artistic silver of the XIII-XIX centuries, about the monuments of gunsmithing of the XII-XIX centuries and military awards of Russia, about precious fabrics, artistic sewing, ancient Russian secular and ecclesiastical clothing, the ceremonial costume of the XVIII-XX centuries, about horse trappings and antique carriages of the XVI-XVIII centuries.

The album contains interesting information about historical figures who owned many of the works of the national treasury, about the peculiarities of the use of objects, about craftsmen who worked in Russia and other countries, as well as about various techniques and styles of decorative and applied art.