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A RELATED SET OF SEAT-FURNITURE IS IN THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM, ST. PETERSBURG AND IS ILLUSTRATED IN T. SOKOLOVA, RUSSIAN FURNITURE IN THE COLLECTION OF THE HERMITAGE, LENINGRAD, 1973, NOS. 131-132, AND IN V. SUSLOV, THE STATE HERMITAGE, ST. PETERSBURG, 1994, VOL. II, P. 846, FIG. 763.
A FURTHER RELATED SUITE WAS SOLD ANONYMOUSLY AT CHRISTIE'S NEW YORK, 8 MARCH 1992, LOT 65 AND ANOTHER, FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF COUNTESS EKATERINA IVANOVNA STANITSKAYA, MOSCOW, WAS SOLD ANONYMOUSLY AT CHRISTIE'S LONDON, 15 OCTOBER 1994, LOT 190. A RELATED SET OF FOUR BERGèRES WAS SOLD FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE RUDOLF NUREYEV, CHRISTIE'S LONDON, 21 NOVEMBER 1995, LOT 1137
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A FURTHER RELATED SUITE WAS SOLD ANONYMOUSLY AT CHRISTIE'S NEW YORK, 8 MARCH 1992, LOT 65 AND ANOTHER, FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF COUNTESS EKATERINA IVANOVNA STANITSKAYA, MOSCOW, WAS SOLD ANONYMOUSLY AT CHRISTIE'S LONDON, 15 OCTOBER 1994, LOT 190. A RELATED SET OF FOUR BERGèRES WAS SOLD FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE RUDOLF NUREYEV, CHRISTIE'S LONDON, 21 NOVEMBER 1995, LOT 1137
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