The museum collection includes an armchair made of walnut. The semi-upholstered armchair is covered with dark green oilcloth. The backrest is semi-oval and concave at the edges. The seat, armrests and legs are curved. The frame of the backrest and the space between the backrest and the seat are decorated with relief carving in the form of scrolls, bands and oak leaves. In the center of the frame is the face of a dog with its mouth open.
This armchair is one of the pieces of the furniture set that the poet Nikolay Alexeyevich Nekrasov ordered specially to furnish his house in Karabikha.
According to the memoirs of
Natalia Pavlovna Nekrasova, the poet’s daughter-in-law, the dining room looked
as follows,