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A PAIR OF RUSSIAN NEO-CLASSIC PARCEL-GILT AND WHITE-PAINTED ARMCHAIRS CIRCA 1820
Each with rectangular padded back with panelled overscroll crest rail carved with scrolling foliage, with bold acanthus-carved padded voluted arms and seat above a similarly carved bowed seat rail, on circular tapering fluted legs headed by paterae and ending in ball toes, upholstered in ivory trellis silk (redecorated) (2)
Each with rectangular padded back with panelled overscroll crest rail carved with scrolling foliage, with bold acanthus-carved padded voluted arms and seat above a similarly carved bowed seat rail, on circular tapering fluted legs headed by paterae and ending in ball toes, upholstered in ivory trellis silk (redecorated) (2)
Provenance
A similar Russian armchair with bold acanthus-carved voluted arms is illustrated in A. Chenevière, Russian Furniture, The Golden Age 1780-1840, 1988, p. 214, pl. 228