Multi-leaf wooden screen in the style gallant of the century used in Europe popularity almost until the end of the NINETEENTH century.



And were pushed not so much by art Nouveau, as the advent of Central heating, because in addition to the functions of interior decoration and space division, they are first and foremost protected from drafts that prevailed in the houses with fireplaces.



































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Friends, we recently finished a small selection of our smolikau (rollers), United by the theme "Россияне XVIII-XIX centuries. Characters, outfits, Hobbies". This collection is quite informative and particularly interesting because part of the work made by a foreigner who lived in Russia in those early years. 1. Christian Gottfried Heinrich Geissler (1770-1844)Christian Gottfried Heinrich Geissler - a German painter, engraver on copper, the Illustrator, worked in Russia in the 1790—1798....