- 583
A Russian neoclassical brass-mounted mahogany settee
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 USD
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Description
- height 36 3/4 in.; width 55 1/4 in.
- 93 cm; 1.40 m
the backrest with vertical splats, rectangular seat raised on tapered legs; outlined with molded brass borders and marked with roundels.
Provenance
Carlton Hobbs, London
Acquired from the above, February 1987
Catalogue Note
A virtually identical settee was in the Agnelli collection, sold, Sotheby's, New York, October 23, 2004, as part of lot 100 (with a pair of matching side chairs). Another almost identical settee was at Tsarskoe Selo, illustrated, George Loukomski, The Palaces of Tsarskoe Selo, London, 1987, p. 91.