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Lot Essay
A similar armchair is illustrated in Antoine Chenevière, Russian Furniture, The Golden Age 1780-1840, Vendome Press, page 233, fig. 251, which shows an example with pinnacle pierced back that was made by Edward Gambs to a design of the architect P. Sadovnikov.
Nicholas I and his wife, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, greatly favoured the Gothic style, and between 1826 to 1829 commissioned Adam Menelaus to build a family house in the park at Peterhof, which was known as 'The Cottage' furnished and decorated in the Neo-Gothic style.
Nicholas I and his wife, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, greatly favoured the Gothic style, and between 1826 to 1829 commissioned Adam Menelaus to build a family house in the park at Peterhof, which was known as 'The Cottage' furnished and decorated in the Neo-Gothic style.