Decorative art brings together aesthetic expression and the design of objects used in daily life. Moscow’s museum collections offer examples from many regions and periods.
Materials and techniques
Traditional crafts use ceramics, wood, textiles, glass and metal. Different communities developed distinctive ornaments, production methods and forms suited to locally available materials. Craftspeople also responded to new technologies and changing tastes.
Collections in Moscow
The All-Russian Museum of Decorative Art is associated with an extensive collection of Russian decorative and folk art. Museums preserve not only exceptional works but also ordinary objects that reveal the social history of making and using things.
