Lot 52
52
A CARVED OAK CHAIR

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A CARVED OAK CHAIR

LATE 19TH CENTURY

Each arm formed as an axe, the backrest and front legs formed as a yoke and carved with floral motifs and the Russian adage: 'The slower you tread, the farther you get', the splat in the form of reins, a pair of mittens resting on the shaped seat decorated with a floral roundel with pierced apron, the front legs re-inforced with stylised tassels, the back leg formed as a branch with bifurcated foot.

Lot Essay

For a similar chair also attributed to Shutov in the Hermitage, see Leningrad, Hermitage, Russian Furniture in the Collection of the Hermitage (1973), no. 190. See also Christie's 6 March, 1986, lot 237 and Christie's 21 October, 1987, lot 223.

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