Lot Essay
For a comparable set of armchairs please see Antoine Chenevière, Russian Furniture, the golden age 1780-1840, Great Brittain, 1988, pp. 208-211.
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(6) A SET OF FOUR RUSSIAN MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS
CIRCA 1830
Each with foliate carved and shaped splat above outscrolling arms, with white cotton-covered drop-in seat and on sabre legs
And a pair of Russian mahogany fauteuils, marked in ink to the inside of the seatrail OX (6)
CIRCA 1830
Each with foliate carved and shaped splat above outscrolling arms, with white cotton-covered drop-in seat and on sabre legs
And a pair of Russian mahogany fauteuils, marked in ink to the inside of the seatrail OX (6)
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