Lecture in State Historical Museum Moscow on 14.03.2025
I invite you to a lecture on 14 March on Friday at 7 pm in the lecture hall of the State Historical Museum. The lecture dedicated to the famous Parisian fan houses of the second half of the XIX centure will take place as part of the events for the exhibition “Jewels! The glitter of […]
Participation in a TV project “Stop! Sewn! Costume on film”
I was lucky enough to take part in the television project of the Kultura channel and Lave studio “Stop! Sewn! Costume on film”. We filmed two episodes: 18th century fans and early 19th century fans. From excitement I said a lot of different things, but experienced film crew will do everything perfectly. Thanks to director […]
Amazing, printed fan with historical event known as “treaties of Tilsit”.
On the paper printed leaf is caricature on meeting on a raft in the middle of the Neman River in July 1807 Napoleon I and Emperor of Russia Alexander I. On the right King of Prussia bow down before Napoleon. Under picture is written: The Emperor of Russia presenting King of Prussia to Napoleon the […]
Invitation
It’s a big honour for me to join French association of fan lovers the “Fan Circle”! I am a 101st member and the first from Russia. I’ll do my best to be correspondent from Russia and already started with the first report, dedicated very nice museum of Emperor’s dress in Pavlovsk, Imperial residence near Saint […]
October News
Amazing new fan on collection!
The black cat fan by Adolph Thomasse and Duvelleroy is quite rare and very spectacular fan, I am so lucky to get it in collection!
New acquisitions to the collection
Those two brise fans were purchased thanks a tragedy: at the beginning of April 2021 died unexpectedly famous Moscow collector Olga Zateeva. Her heirs contacted me to sell some part of collection and I bought those ivory brise fans with portraits of Russian Emperor Peter I (copy of the portrait by Ivan Nikitin in Uffizi […]
New fan in the collection
Paper leaf fully embroidered with golden star shape sequins and printed vignettes telling the stories from the birth of Love to it`s triumph. Bone frame engraved, silvered and inlaid with star shape silver sequins. The guard sticks are made on a shape of arrows. Big fan 34,5 cm Stamp of publisher and the printer: Dugrenot […]
The report from opening of the exhibition “Antique hand fans from private collection of Evgeniia Doremidova in Museum of Dmitrov Kremlin.
Opening of the exhibition
21st of April the exhibition of antique hand fans from my collection has been opened. The exposition looks very sophisticated and attractive thanks to professional stuff from Dmitrov`s Kremlin Museum. On opening ceremony I was thrilled seeing the reaction and great interest from visitors!