The Throne Hall
THE THRONE HALL is an ornate drawing room, almost square in plan, with a glazed door leading to a small balcony which commands a wide panorama of the park. The two-colour scheme of the walls, vault and the ceiling, the moulded decor with gilt patches and the gilt carved ornamentation of the door leaves are in perfect harmony with the parquetry inlaid after A. Rinaldi's sketch. V. Brenna adorned the walls with Gobelin tapestries Asia and Africa of The Cardinal Points series woven in the 1780s from the cartoons by Deporte at Jacob Neilson's workshop. Above the mantelpiece is a pink Gobelin tapestry Ceres of The Gods suite. These remarkable works of French hand-weaving art lend the interior an air of festive solemnity. In 1797 a chair of state was placed between the window and the glazed door. All the items of decor rescued during the Great Patriotic War have been reinstalled where they belong in the restored interior.A. Elkina, N. Tretyakov
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