The Hermitage’s collection of European applied art has been gradually formed for two and a half centuries. Today the collection fully presents the development of artistic craftwork and industry in Western Europe. Including around 65000 works, the collection of applied art is the biggest in Russia and one of the most significant in the world.
- Medieval Art
- Italian Ceramics of the 15th-18th Centuries
- French Ceramics of the 16th-20th Centuries
- Western European Furniture
- Western European Metalwork
- Western European Jewellery
- Western European Porcelain
- Western European Textile
- Western European Stained Glass
- Western European Glassware
- European Decorative Bronzes and Lamps
- Carved Ivory of the Sixteenth to Twentieth Centuries
- European Glyptics
- Horse Harness and Caparison
- Carriages and other Vehicles