Hermitage worker finds 100-year-old candy in a Romanov dress
23rd December 2021
A restorer working at The Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg has found a sweet surprise while working on a Romanov gown.
Galina Fedorova, a worker in the Laboratory of Scientific Tissue Restoration, is working on a 1903 gown and discovered a piece of candy in the pocket. While unstitching one of the sleeves that was lightly closed, a small jewel-like object fell out. It turned out to be a…