Lot 169
  • 169

A Group of Four Russian Menus, 1883-1889

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • Chromolithography on paper; frames: wood, glass, paper
  • 14 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (largest)
  • 36.8 x 24.1 cm
all chromolithographs, the first for a dinner during the Coronation of Alexander III, May 21, 1883, after a design by Nikolai Karazin; the second for a Regimental Breakfast, September 22, 1888, after a design by Nikolai Samokish; the third for the Annual Banquet for the Knights of the Order of St. George, November 28, 1887, after a design by Viktor Vasnetsov, numbered 243; the fourth for the Annual Banquet for the Knights of the Order of St. George, November 28, 1899, after a design by Viktor Vasnetsov, numbered 334. Framed

Condition

some foxing, discoloration, folding consistent with age; one with a tears through edges
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