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A Russian Empire upholstered stool, the rectangular poplar frame with canted angles,
inlaid with ebonized stringing in a classical design, the moulded frieze on ebonized legs
powerfully carved with naturalistic lions heads to the knees supported by formalized
wings of acanthus scrolls and terminating in lion’s paw feet on a shaped and moulded
base. This table is designed after an amazing suite of furniture including a magnificent
console table of the construction designed by A.P. Bryulov, and made by the workshop
of the St. Petersburg cabinet maker Peter Gambs. Russia circa: 1840.
