
Daria Khristova nee Chernenko
Department Director
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Department Director
PROVENANCE:
Prince Nikolai Yusupov and Princess Tatiana Yusupov, née de Ribaupiere
Their daughter, Princess Zinaida Yusupov and her husband Count Felix Sumarokov-Elston
Nationalized by the Soviet State in 1925, and de-accessioned shortly after
Purchased by an American businessman at Torgsin in Moscow on 18 August 1931 for 93 rubles
Thence by descent
An extensive silver service that became known as the 'Scandinavian service' was commissioned by Nikolai Borisovich Yusupov (1827-1891) and his wife Tatiana Borisovna Yusupov, née de Ribaupiere (died 1879) for their grand palace on Moika River in St. Petersburg designed by Ippolit Monigetti. Nikolai Yusupov, an adviser at the Russian Embassy in Paris, commissioned the well-known silversmith Alex Gueyton to create an elaborate service decorated with Russian medieval ornaments, mythological beasts, and northern European decoration. Upon completion and delivery to St. Petersburg the service was displayed in the Buffet Room of the palace.