Settee, made between early March and end of April 1803, Russian (Saint Petersburg), Light colored hardwood, carved, gilded and painted; light blue silk show cover (later), Overall (Confirmed): 39 x 72 1/4 x 32 1/4 in. (99.1 x 183.5 x 81.9 cm), Woodwork-Furniture, Workshop of the Russian Imperial Court, Carl Scheibe, Carved by Iwan Naschon, Guilded by Carl Focht (Russian), Upholstered by Sergej Schaschin, This settee is one of the most significant pieces of documented Imperial Russian furniture to appear in recent decades. A court order of 1799 stipulated that all objects in an Imperial dowry had to be 'worthy' of a Russian grand duchess and reflect 'the indigenous local splendor as an emblem of courtly life and stately prestige
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Settee, early March, April 1803, Russian, Saint Petersburg, Light colored hardwood, carved, gilded, painted, light blue silk, cover, later, Overall, Confirmed, 39 x 72 1/4 32 1/4, 99.1 183.5 81.9 cm, Woodwork-Furniture, Workshop of the Russian Imperial Court, Carl Scheibe, Carved by Iwan Naschon, Guilded Carl Focht, Upholstered Sergej Schaschin, settee, significant pieces, documented Imperial, furniture, recent decades, court order, 1799 stipulated, objects, Imperial dowry, worthy, Russian grand, duchess, reflect, indigenous local, splendor, emblem, courtly life, stately prestige
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