A GILTWOOD CANAPE
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A GILTWOOD CANAPE

OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, PROBABLY RUSSIAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A GILTWOOD CANAPE
OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, PROBABLY RUSSIAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Re-covered in yellow silk, with a leaf and foliate carved frame on fluted and guilloche carved legs, with a brass oval inventory label in Cyrilic DPM/978
55¼ in. (141 cm.) wide
Provenance
By repute the Winter Palace, St. Petersburg.
With Wartski, 14 Grafton Street, London.
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This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage

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Lot Essay

This suite was bought by Wartski from the Soviet Government as part of a series of purchases made between 1927 and 1933, since which time it was used to furnish their London premises

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