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NICHOLAS II -- A pale-green silk and velvet embroidered document pouch. Russia, circa 1890.
The rectangular ribbed silk body (515 x 470mm) with tapering gusset inset with a pen pouch, the slightly rounded triangular velvet flap embroidered with river-pearls and two-colour gold threads in varied foliate and floral motifs, the upper section in a reserve embroidered with the cypher of the Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich surmounted by the gold-thread, silver-beaded and sequined Imperial crown, the flap bordered by a silver-thread twisted rope-work edging, the body with a round yellow and blue stone toggle. Provenance: Nicholas II of Russia (binding).
A sumptuous example of the personal effects of the Imperial family, with their cyphers; see Nicholas and Alexandra: At Home with the Last Tsar and His Family; Treasures from the Alexander Palace (2004-05), exhibition catalogue illustrating an handkercheif case with the embroidered monogram of Alexandra Feodorovna, p.104.
The rectangular ribbed silk body (515 x 470mm) with tapering gusset inset with a pen pouch, the slightly rounded triangular velvet flap embroidered with river-pearls and two-colour gold threads in varied foliate and floral motifs, the upper section in a reserve embroidered with the cypher of the Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich surmounted by the gold-thread, silver-beaded and sequined Imperial crown, the flap bordered by a silver-thread twisted rope-work edging, the body with a round yellow and blue stone toggle. Provenance: Nicholas II of Russia (binding).
A sumptuous example of the personal effects of the Imperial family, with their cyphers; see Nicholas and Alexandra: At Home with the Last Tsar and His Family; Treasures from the Alexander Palace (2004-05), exhibition catalogue illustrating an handkercheif case with the embroidered monogram of Alexandra Feodorovna, p.104.
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