Lot Essay
A closely related canapé is illustrated in G. Loukomski, The Palaces of Tsarskoe Selo, London, 1987, p.85
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A RUSSIAN KARELIAN-BIRCH CANAPE
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The toprail centred by a tablet and flanked by scrolls terminating in ebonised ball finials, the padded back and drop-in seat covered in kilim, on sabre legs, indistinct pencil inscription, minor losses to veneer--91½in. (232.5cm.) wide
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The toprail centred by a tablet and flanked by scrolls terminating in ebonised ball finials, the padded back and drop-in seat covered in kilim, on sabre legs, indistinct pencil inscription, minor losses to veneer--91½in. (232.5cm.) wide