SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A RUSSIAN KARELIAN BIRCH SEVEN PIECE SUITE
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
COMPRISING A SOFA, TWO TUB CHAIRS AND FOUR TUB SIDE CHAIRS, EACH WITH A CURVED SCROLL BACK AND DROP IN BUTTON DOWN SEAT ON S-SCROLL FRONT LEGS (7)

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Lot Essay

A SUITE OF SEAT-FURNITURE OF A CLOSELY-RELATED MODEL IS IN THE HERMITAGE MUSUEM, ST. PETERSBURG, AND IS ILLUSTRATED IN T. SOKOLOVA, RUSSIAN FURNITURE IN THE COLLECTION OF THE HERMITAGE, LENINGRAD, 1973, NOS. 131-132, AND IN V. SUSLOV, THE STATE HERMITAGE, ST. PETERSBURG, 1994, VOL. II, P. 846, ILLUS. 763. A SUITE, SIMILAR TO THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM MODEL, WAS SOLD ANONYMOUSLY, CHRISTIE'S NEW YORK, 8 MARCH 1992, LOT 65 AND ANOTHER CHRISTIE'S LONDON, 15 DECEMBER 1994, LOT 190.

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