Cameo on malachite, for jewelry and interior. Notes to the dating and attribution

The article is devoted to the original branch of artistic application of Ural’s malachite by the European masters of the 19th century as a relief carving, his classic manifestation (cameos and jewelry parts) and monumental works. The reason of this research is one accumulation and systemization of the existed information for the creation of the clearest idea about the existence and development of this decorative technic applied to the malachite. For this we are made a definition and a detailed analyze of the dated pieces of art, for the first time was made the systematization of the information about the most important centers and artists executed some cameos on the malachite. Also, was definite the circle of the clients and his tastes (at the first - the members of the two generation of Demidoff family). For the first time in this article is published in detailly analyze the original piece of art - model of the Vendom’s column in malachite; based on the realized analyze we propose some argument for his attribution. In the result of the realized research are published the new information about the application of the Ural’s malachite in the works of European artiste-graver in the first half of the 19th century.