Sunday, July 19, 2020

Lili Dehn's description of the Imperial bedroom and the adjoining private chapel

Source:

The Real Tsaritsa, part 1 chapter 4, by Lili Dehn, 1922


The description:

The bedroom of the Emperor and the Empress was a large room with two tall windows opening on to the Park. It was on the ground floor, as, owing to the Empress's heart complaint, she found the exertion of ascending any stairs very exhausting. ...

A large double bed made of lightish wood was near the windows, between which stood the Empress's dressing-table. At the right of the bed was a little door in the wall, leading to a tiny dark chapel lighted by hanging lamps, where the Empress was wont to pray. This chapel contained a table, and a praying-stand on which were a Bible and an ikon of Christ. ...

The furniture in the Imperial bedroom was in flowered tapestry, and the carpet was a plain coloured soft pile.



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