Also intriguing is Bunny Williams's fourth-floor sitting room, with trompe l'oeil moldings and painted flowers she saw in a Russian palace.

Last year, they toured some Russian palaces together.

Chandeliers as opulent as this one were fashionable in Russian palaces in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Mr. Israel included 18 pieces, reproductions and adaptations from Russian palaces and dachas.

However, Karl E. Meyer did not explain the situation relating to recovery of objects looted from Russian palaces, museums and churches.

All early Russian palaces, including the Palace of Facets (1487-91)

Pella, designed by Ivan Starov, was the largest Russian imperial palace of the period, and more complex in composition than anything in Russia.

The film is notable for its attentive lighting and the expressionist art design von Sternberg creates for the Russian palace.

The second, scheduled to open in 2007, will be Italianate in style, and the third will be a recreation of a Russian imperial palace.

Running through June 18, the show offers 49 paintings, sculptures and watercolors that once adorned the walls of Russian palaces.