Color of the moon

Silver things

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Leading headings: Marina Volkova

A photo: Elena Savina

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Silver color is back in fashion. It is associated with respectable luxury, which is now preached in the design

Silver, precious metal, known to mankind for more than one millennium. But the silver color in the design is definitely an innovation. For a long time, gold was preferred: furniture was covered with gilding, even walls and ceilings were creeping. Silver did not find such widespread use. Interest in this metal awoke in the era of the Empire style - it was finally appreciated by its coolish, mysterious brilliance. If the ceremonial, ceremonial gold was ideally suited to baroque interiors, the elegant, laconic silver was closer to Empire with its clear lines and strict forms.

But a genuine boom in silver furniture broke out just recently. Fashion came along with her glamor. The more popular this style was, the more fans appeared in silver, especially in combination with feathers, fur and rhinestones. Modern silver items are much more restrained than their predecessors a decade ago. They look solid and fairly strict. Of course, such a thing in the interior obliges. The rest of the situation should match it. "Silver" will take root in the interiors in fusion style, it will be relevant in pop art and neoclassicism. It will "go" and minimalist projects, and lovers of futurism will like it - it is no coincidence that since ancient times this color was associated with celestial bodies and a scattering of stars.

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