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11: Varvara's Chamber

Bed

19th century (copy of Italian 16th-century work)

Russia, St Petersburg

Carved walnut

The walnut bed on baluster legs is adorned by a headboard with relief carving and a tester supported by four columns. On the bed is a rare Turkish cover of the early 18th century. A large Brussels tapestry of the late 17th - early 18th century with the subject of Summer from The Seasons of the Year series was produced at the Aubusson and Felletin manufactory in France.
Near the bed is a walnut armchair upholstered with French silk of the early 18th century; on the floor is a brass foot warmer. The little late 17th-century oak cupboard decorated with carving and ebony inlay-work is embellished with a Dutch ceramic tulipiere with five spouts for different blooms.
The late 17th-century chest of Venetian make, upholstered with velvet and decorated with pierced metal fittings, belonged, according to legend, to Varvara Arsenyeva, Menshikov's sister-in-law. The chest is covered with a Turkish rug of the early 18th century.

     

 

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