Washington Winter Show 2022

45 LEFT TO RIGHT Fig. 10: Marquise. Konstantin Pavlovich Trofimov, artist (Russian, 1885–1944). Moscow, 1910s. Glazed earthenware. Gi of Madame Augusto Rosso, 1968 (27.36). Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens. Fig. 11: Two seated women in Russian costume. A ributed to Lidia Andreeva, sculptor (Russian, 1887–1953). Moscow, 1910s. Glazed earthenware. Gi of Madame Augusto Rosso, 1968 (27.35). Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens. drink, you’ll see devils.” (fig. 7) In the late 1930s, Marjorie Post also developed a passion for Russian culture and an appreciation for Russian artisans’ ability to transform hardstone into works of art, especially malachite. The malachite objects in Hillwood’s collection are representative of Russian mosaic, produced by cementing thin sheets of the opaque green stone to a slate LEFT TO RIGHT Fig. 8: Bell on a malachite stand. Moscow, 1840s. Gilt bronze, malachite. Gi of Madame Augusto Rosso, 1968 (14.238.1–2). Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, photographed by Brian Searby. Fig. 9: Russian woman of the Don region. Imperial Porcelain Factory (Russian, 1744–present). Pavel Kamensky, sculptor (Russian, 1858–1923). Pavel Shmakov, modeler (Russian, active ca. 1900). St. Petersburg, 1910s. Porcelain. Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973 (25.429). Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, photographed by Edward Owen.