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Russian enamel, majolica, wall painting, ceilings and japanned woodwork, (1898). 'Figs 1-4: Wall-paintings on a spiral staircase in the Cathedral of the Annunciation at Moscow, 15th century. Figs 5-7: Ornaments on vaults in a house of Moscow, 17th century. Figs 8 and 9: Majolica-Pilaster as window frame at the Terem (Palace of the Empresses) on the Kreml, Moscow. Figs 10-14: Stove-pans made in the market-town of Ustjug, 17th century, in the Museum of the Imperial Society for the promotion of Art in St. Petersburgh. Fig 15: Edge of a gold dish in the treasury of the Kreml at Moscow. Figs 16-18: Veil from the portrait of a saint of the 17th century. Enamel on silver. From the Museum of the Imperial Society for the promotion of Art, St. Petersburgh. Figs 19-21: Japanned wooden spoons and top of a footstool. Articles made by peasants in the district of Nowgorod. Fig 22: Ornament in chased metal'. Plate 34c from "The Historic Styles of Ornament" translated from the German of H. Dolmetsch. [B.T. Batford, London, 1898] (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/The Print Collector)