Antique Russian French Impressionist Watercolor Gouache Painting Romantic Couple by Pyotr Alexandrovich Nilus 1926 Recently Added The chest is almost 240

The chest is almost 240 years old

All the drawers retain the original brass escutcheons (lock plates) and handles

the shelves and cabinet back are covered in the original red baize

they were regarded as a very skilled and exclusive casting foundry

to the base is another bas relief an East Indian scene with gilded bronze figures holding muskets and spears

Antique Russian French Impressionist Watercolor Gouache Painting Romantic Couple by Pyotr Alexandrovich Nilus 1926 Recently Added The chest is almost 240Important Russian French Impressionist Gouache & Watercolor painting by Pyotr Alexandrovich Nilus ( in French Pierre Nilouss (1869 1943), signed & dated 1926. Nilus was a celebrated French Russian Imperial impressionist painter & writer of Swiss descent, please biography below. This rather beautiful painting depicts a romantic couple dressed in 19th century costume in a bucolic landscape, to the foreground is a pasture with a jewel toned background of