EARLY 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY AFTER A DESIGN BY KARL ROSSI

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A PAIR OF RUSSIAN BRONZED AND MAHOGANY DAYBEDS
EARLY 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY AFTER A DESIGN BY KARL ROSSI
The outscrolled panelled sides surmounted by eagle's head finials, the mattress and bolsters covered in yellow and blue striped fabric, above panelled rails and on paw feet with hidden castors, the bronzed decoration refreshed
50½ in. (128 cm.) high; 88 in. (233 cm.) wide; 35 in. (85 cm.) deep (2)

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Lot Essay

With their bold outline, panelled apron and sides, these spendid mahogany daybeds recall the Russian Empire style introduced by the celebrated architect and designer Karl Rossi (1777-1849). Rossi worked extensively for the Imperial family, which included the Dowager Empress Maria Fedorovna's corner sitting room at Pavlovsk (1816-'17), some interiors at Anichnov Palace (1816), and the palace and park on Yelagin Island (1818-1822). The present daybeds are particularly closely related to a sofa in the Russian State Museum, St. Petersburg, and to a further sofa in birch at Pavlovsk, which was designed by Rossi and executed in the workshop of Ivan Bauman around 1816 (A. Gaydamak, Russian Empire, Moscow/Paris, 2000, pp. 75, 126-129, 268).

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