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PROPERTY FROM THE DESCENDANTS OF GRAND DUCHESS XENIA ALEXANDROVNA
A GROUP OF ACCESSORIES AND EPHEMERA RELATED TO GRAND DUCHESS XENIA ALEXANDROVNA (1875-1960)
RUSSIA, CIRCA 1900
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A GROUP OF ACCESSORIES AND EPHEMERA RELATED TO GRAND DUCHESS XENIA ALEXANDROVNA (1875-1960)
RUSSIA, CIRCA 1900
Comprising a pair of suede shoulder length gloves; a silk stocking embroidered in red 'A.S./11/12'; a silver and red guilloché enamel hand-seal, the matrix inscribed with the cypher of the Grand Duchess, marked 'G.A.S' on mount; a rust colored suede card holder impressed in gold '27 February 1894' and containing her calling card, an umber leather folio inset with the gold inscription '...[to] Xenia from Mama on Christmas [elka] 1892', a photographic portrait of the Grand Duchess with her husband and children; embroidered tulips; an embroidered dacha; the embroidered cypher of the Grand Duchess the numeral '27.'; and a paper pattern of her foot (11)
RUSSIA, CIRCA 1900
Comprising a pair of suede shoulder length gloves; a silk stocking embroidered in red 'A.S./11/12'; a silver and red guilloché enamel hand-seal, the matrix inscribed with the cypher of the Grand Duchess, marked 'G.A.S' on mount; a rust colored suede card holder impressed in gold '27 February 1894' and containing her calling card, an umber leather folio inset with the gold inscription '...[to] Xenia from Mama on Christmas [elka] 1892', a photographic portrait of the Grand Duchess with her husband and children; embroidered tulips; an embroidered dacha; the embroidered cypher of the Grand Duchess the numeral '27.'; and a paper pattern of her foot (11)
Provenance
Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna (1875-1960).
Grand Duke Andrei Alexandrovich (1897-1981).
Then by direct descent.
Grand Duke Andrei Alexandrovich (1897-1981).
Then by direct descent.
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