Amber Room
A room with walls of amber mosaic, a gift from Prussia to Peter the Great.
The room vanished during the Second World War and has never been found. A reconstruction opened in 2003 in the Catherine Palace at Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Petersburg.
Materials: Amber, gold, mirrors, wood
Manufacture: Thousands of polished amber pieces set in panels on wood, with foil behind for lustre.
The warm shades of the amber from yellow to brown.
The gilded mirrors and carvings between the panels.