Brights. Household items in photographs and memoirs of the late XIX - early XX centuries

The album Blessing won high -famous fame not only among fans of the publishing project Family Archives, but also among lovers of antiquity, collectors and museum employees. The Zvenigorod historical, architectural and art museum in 2013 organized the exhibition Brights based on the book by E.V. Lavrentieva. In 2014, the Museum of Decorative and Applied Arts and Folk Art (Moscow) called the Christmas exhibition “Brights. Such necessary unnecessary things. ” There were numerous rare objects from the collection of E.V. Lavrentieva, as well as the materials of the book: texts, illustrations, photographs. These and other exhibitions based on the books aroused a lively interest of numerous visitors. The third edition (supplemented and processed) represents new household items of the late XIX-early XX centuries. In addition to the cups already familiar to readers with a shelf for a mustache, special spoons for barbels will reach the stage, and under the curtain - and individual shelves for a mustache, in the original case. Motovilo, brown -haired, all kinds of guillotics (for cigars, eggs, sugar), new hobs and stumps for the trip, filming and candlesticks, auditory horns and so on will demonstrate their purpose and attractive appearance. In addition, readers will be able to look into the distant past and make a tour in the 18th century. In the walls of the Kunstkamers, or rather within its “framework”, they will meet with bloodletting devices, vases for leeches, tiny furs for sprinkling with powder wigs, a feature machine, a promoting roller with bead embroidery ... and to consolidate the knowledge gained at the end The author invites readers to take part in the quiz and explain the purpose of each of the three objects in the form of similar ones to each other. The album of Blessing promises to be not only an interesting and informative walk along the outlandish island of now forgotten things, but also an exciting expedition to the world of family traditions and values. Have a nice trip!