I was amazed to discover that Getty has uploaded a
photograph (below) from 1917 of the alcove that shows the small door open in
front of the stove.
The Winter Palace in St. Petersburg has been waiting to share its intimate details in English. It is a story of a palace of immense size and of an Imperial family of immense wealth. It is a story of the daily public and intimate life in the palace that was loved and disdained and withstood decades of changes.
Monday, 16 April 2018
Study/Bedroom in the Winter Palace – Part 2
In my previous post, I quoted from Nicholas I's memoir 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’.
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