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A SUITE OF RUSSIAN NEO-CLASSIC KARELIAN BIRCH SEAT FURNITURE
CIRCA 1820
COMPRISING OF A SETTEE, TWO ARMCHAIRS AND TWO SIDE CHAIRS, EACH WITH SHAPED CONCAVE BACK EN GONDOLE AND DROP-IN PADDED SEAT UPHOLSTERED IN BLACK HORSEHAIR WITHIN A CONFORMING FRAME, ON SABRE LEGS (SEATS PARTIALLY RERAILED)-THE SETTEE 56IN. (140CM.) LONG
A SIMILAR SUITE OF KARELIAN BIRCH SEAT FURNITURE IS ILLUSTRATED IN A. KUCHUMOV, HOUSEHOLD INTERIOR DECORATION IN NINETEENTH CENTURY RUSSIA, 'THE EXHIBITION IN THE PAVLOVSK PALACE MUSEUM', 1977, FIGS. 20, 23; AND ANOTHER CAN BE FOUND IN T. SOKOLOVA, RUSSIAN FURNITURE IN THE COLLECTION OF THE HERMITAGE, 1973, FIG. 131. (5)
CIRCA 1820
COMPRISING OF A SETTEE, TWO ARMCHAIRS AND TWO SIDE CHAIRS, EACH WITH SHAPED CONCAVE BACK EN GONDOLE AND DROP-IN PADDED SEAT UPHOLSTERED IN BLACK HORSEHAIR WITHIN A CONFORMING FRAME, ON SABRE LEGS (SEATS PARTIALLY RERAILED)-THE SETTEE 56IN. (140CM.) LONG
A SIMILAR SUITE OF KARELIAN BIRCH SEAT FURNITURE IS ILLUSTRATED IN A. KUCHUMOV, HOUSEHOLD INTERIOR DECORATION IN NINETEENTH CENTURY RUSSIA, 'THE EXHIBITION IN THE PAVLOVSK PALACE MUSEUM', 1977, FIGS. 20, 23; AND ANOTHER CAN BE FOUND IN T. SOKOLOVA, RUSSIAN FURNITURE IN THE COLLECTION OF THE HERMITAGE, 1973, FIG. 131. (5)