After Nicholas ascended the throne in 1825, eight year
old Alexander was given the former children’s rooms of both his father and
uncle, Alexander I, on the 2nd floor of the Winter Palace facing the
Admiralty.
Photographs (below) of the Study/Bedroom today
Nicholas recalling his childhood years wrote that the ‘alcove is extremely narrow and decorated with columns of artificial marble. I had not slept in the bed there since I found that it was too hot from the two stoves in the corners. There were two sofas and two cabinets in the alcove. On the right side was a small door that led to the toilet’.
The architect Alexander Bruillov recreated the design of the Study/Bedroom (#171 on the 2nd floor plan) after the 1837 fire.
Eduard Hau’s 1857 watercolor (below) of Alexander II’s
Study/Bedroom
Photographs c1871 and c1917 (below) of Alexander II’s
Study/Bedroom
3D Panorama (link below) of the Study/Bedroom today
Fantastic post Joanna!This is a very beautiful room. I always did wonder what was in the alcove now I know thanks to you :)
ReplyDeleteGhostie x