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Lot 33
Boris Charnota-Boiarskii (1898-1940)
A collection of 88 Russian regimental uniform cards
Closed4 June 2018
Price Realised
GBP 10,000
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Specialist note
This unique and important group of large-scale uniform cards by Boris Ivanovich Charnota-Boiarskii depicts the uniforms worn by the Russian army during the reign of Nicholas II in minute detail.
Each card is an enlarged version of those published by Colonel Shenk in 1910 and 1911 in his book Tablitsi form Obmundirovaniya Russkoi Armii [Charts of the Regimental Uniforms of the Russian Army]. With these works, created between 1930 and 1935, Charnota-Boiarskii advanced the study of Russian uniformology as the plates reproduced in Shenk’s book were small, lacked detail and were poorly printed.
Each card is an enlarged version of those published by Colonel Shenk in 1910 and 1911 in his book Tablitsi form Obmundirovaniya Russkoi Armii [Charts of the Regimental Uniforms of the Russian Army]. With these works, created between 1930 and 1935, Charnota-Boiarskii advanced the study of Russian uniformology as the plates reproduced in Shenk’s book were small, lacked detail and were poorly printed.