Lacquered, carved and polychrome wood bench with... Lot 256

Lacquered, carved and polychrome wood bench with fake wood decoration. The boat-shaped headboards are decorated with winged griffins resting on ball feet. Decorated with intertwined snakes on the front. Work from Eastern Europe, Early 19th century H 83.5, W 149.8, D 48.9 cm Accidents and restorations The design of this bench can be compared to the creations of Andrei VRONIKHIN who introduced the motif of snakes in some seats created for Count Alexandre STROGANOFF.