This year marks 400 years of accession to the throne of the house of the Romanovs. in honor of the anniversary we remember the era of the last royal dynasty, which today is an endless source of citations for architects and decorators
Passing the gallery A photo: Dmitry Livshits, Mikhail Stepanov, Konstantin Dubovets, Alexander Kamachkin, Sergey Morgunov, Ivan Sorokin, Igor Gremitsky, Andrey Voschinin, Sergey Schetanyuk
Text: Marina Volkova, Daria Samoilova
Graphic design: Ivan Anenkov
Magazine: de Luxe Classic N1 2013
The tasting room in the Russian style (as well as the kitchen with it - on the page to the right) is located in the basement of a mansion near Moscow designed by architect Sergey Shchetanyuk. This room looks like real chambers of the XVII century. Walls and vaulted ceilings are decorated with paintings and voluminous reliefs depicting mythological creatures such as the Sirin bird. Semicircular arched portals, covered with carvings, also remind of Old Russian architecture. All elements of the decor were made to order by ancient techniques. For example, the kitchen apron is covered with so-called enamel jewelry. This project is a kind of private Faceted Chamber.
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