Furniture collecting in Russia from the XVI century to the 1930s

Abstract

In the history of furniture collecting in Russia two main types of collections, formed from the XVI century to the 1930s can be distinguished. The earliest type is proto-Museum of XVI century, intended only to combine items in the historical-memorial frame, what is typical for museums and private collections of historical objects and what traces as a partial of any collection of any type. The formation of the second type comes back to the middle of the XVIII century, and pertains to collecting art furniture according to art qualities. Objects are interpreted as art achievements, what is typical in private collecting and official Museum collections.