FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY, CIRCA 1800-1840

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A RUSSIAN BRASS-MOUNTED STAINED MAHOGANY ARMCHAIR
FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY, CIRCA 1800-1840
The back with pierced vertical splats and downswept arms on square legs joined by stretchers

Provenance

with Galerie Ariane Dandois, Paris.

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Lot Essay

This type of elegant brass-mounted armchair in the Russian Jacob style was developed in the 1790s, and various examples can be found in virtually all the Romanov palaces and in the collections of the Russian elite. A sofa with conformingly decorated back was in the Russian Imperial Collections, illustrated in G.K. Loukomski, Mobilier et Décoration des Anciens Palais Impériaux Russes, Paris, 1928, pl.XLVIII. For a closely related chair see Antoine Cheneviére, Russian Furniture 1780-1840, London, 1988, pp.110-114, pl. 141.

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