
Beyond Gold Leaf and Giltwood: Catherine the Great’s Furniture as Imperial Power Play
Remember that time you redecorated your living room, pouring over fabric swatches and paint chips, convinced the perfect sofa would finally make everything click? Now, imagine doing that… but for an entire empire, with the budget of a czarina and the ambition to make Europe sit up and take notice. That’s essentially what Catherine the Great furniture was all…