The dresser comes from the collection of art furniture from the estate of Counts Uvarov “Red Mountain” in the village of Karacharovo, near Murom. This piece of furniture, along with a paired dresser, decorated the interior of one of the living rooms of the manor house. The Uvarov spouses, Alexey Sergeevich (1825-1884) and Praskovya Sergeevna (1840-1924) are famous Russian scientists, archaeologists, great connoisseurs and collectors of antiquities. Their ancestors, the Sheremetevs and the Razumovsky began to collect the furniture.
The dresser is an example of artistic furniture of the XVIII century. It is made by the masters of Southern Germany in the “Chinese” style or “Chinoiserie”. The literal translation from French “chinoiserie” means “Chinese” — the use of motifs and stylistic techniques of medieval Chinese art in European painting, decorative and applied art, costume, in the design of garden and park ensembles. By the XVIII century, the traditions of Chinese culture penetrated deeply into European art, thanks to the active activity of the East India Trading Company and the trade of Europe with the countries of the Far East. Master furniture makers have successfully used the techniques of Far Eastern technologies in the processing of products, including marquetry and Inlay techniques. At the same time, the forms of furniture familiar to Europe at that time were preserved. The dresser case is a rectangle with a figuratively curved front side. There are convex pilasters at the cut corners. The dresser is made of walnut wood with a direct set of wooden veneer in different shades and ivory Inlay. Stylized subjects of Chinese painting with the figure of Christ carrying the Cross, figures of hunters and musicians, flower shoots and birds decorate the facade panels of three drawers and the side walls of dresser.