Lot Essay
For a similar chair, attributed to Shutov, in the Hermitage, see Leningrad, Hermitage, Russian Furniture in the Collection of the Hermitage, 1973, no. 190.
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AFTER V.P. SHUTOV, 19TH CENTURY
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A carved wood trompe l'oeil chair
after V.P. Shutov, 19th Century
The backrest and front legs formed as a yoke and carved with a Russian adage, the back legs partly spirally fluted with plain stretcher and central support formed as a balalaika, the seat caved at the front to simulate draped cloth, decorated in the pan-Slavic style, with a carved pair of gloves at the back, the arms as axes, apparently unmarked
36¾ in. (93.5 cm.)
after V.P. Shutov, 19th Century
The backrest and front legs formed as a yoke and carved with a Russian adage, the back legs partly spirally fluted with plain stretcher and central support formed as a balalaika, the seat caved at the front to simulate draped cloth, decorated in the pan-Slavic style, with a carved pair of gloves at the back, the arms as axes, apparently unmarked
36¾ in. (93.5 cm.)
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