Center table, ca. 1780–85, Russian, Tula, Steel, silver, gilt copper, gilt brass, basswood; replaced mirror glass, 27 1/2 × 22 × 15 in. (69.9 × 55.9 × 38.1 cm), Metalwork-Steel, From 1712, when the imperial armory in the town of Tula, south of Moscow, was founded by Peter the Great (r. 1682–1725), the master armorers regularly enjoyed imperial patronage.[1] During the reign of Empress Elizabeth (1741–61), they began to produce a sideline of cut-steel decorative items and furniture now known as Tula ware
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Center table, ca, 1780–85, Russian, Tula, Steel, silver, gilt copper, brass, basswood, replaced mirror glass, 27 1/2, 22, 15, 69.9, 55.9, 38.1 cm, Metalwork-Steel, 1712, imperial armory, town, south, Moscow, founded, Peter, Great, r, 1682–1725, master armorers, regularly, enjoyed, imperial, patronage., 1, reign, Empress Elizabeth, 1741–61, produce, sideline, cut-steel decorative, items, furniture now, Tula ware
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