Lot Essay
This suite was bought by Wartski from the Soviet Government as part of a series of purchases made between 1927 and 1933, since which time it was used to furnish their London premises
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OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, PROBABLY RUSSIAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Details
A GILTWOOD CANAPE
OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, PROBABLY RUSSIAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Re-covered in yellow silk, with a leaf and foliate carved frame on fluted and guilloche carved legs, with a brass oval inventory label in Cyrilic DPM/978, previously with a central front leg
55¼ in. (141 cm.) wide
OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, PROBABLY RUSSIAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Re-covered in yellow silk, with a leaf and foliate carved frame on fluted and guilloche carved legs, with a brass oval inventory label in Cyrilic DPM/978, previously with a central front leg
55¼ in. (141 cm.) wide
Provenance
By repute the Winter Palace, St. Petersburg.
With Wartski, 14 Grafton Street, London.
With Wartski, 14 Grafton Street, London.
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