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Bibelotslondon Ltd is a UK registered company based in London Bridge dealing in ephemera and curiosities from Britain and around the world. Our diverse inventory is carefully chosen and constantly evolving. We work very hard to offer the highest quality works at competitive prices. Our inventory is listed online, and we strive to keep our website completely up to date, so our customers can easily check availability. We believe in offering clients items that are unique and rare for aficionados of the antique and collector's world.Bibelot is a late nineteenth century word derived from the French word bel ‘beautiful’, meaning a small item of beauty, curiosity or interest.The word ephemera is derived from the sixteenth century Greek word ephmera meaning a printed or hand written paper not meant to be retained for a long period of time.
Fine antique signed letter from Princess Evgenia Feodorovna Shakhovskaya-Gleboff-Strechneff (1846-1924), dated28th September 1921 written in French on her personalstationery embossed with her coat of arms and accompanied by its originalenvelope, addressed to Count Alexei Nikolaevich Ignatieff (1874-1948),appealing to Ignatieff for help as she had just left the Cheka and is desperate to leave the horrors of Russia, but needs help in getting funds sent from Paris to her as theFrench Consulate needs verification of who she is.
CountIgnatieff married Princess Maria Youlievna Ourousoff (1876-1959) and after a brilliant career in the Preobrazhensky Regiment, was appointed by Tsar Nicholas II in 1903 to thehonorary title of Grand Master ofCeremonies of the Imperial Court. In parallel he also became deputygovernor of Ryazan, then from 1911 to 1915, he took office as governor of Podolsk before becoming governor of Kiev from 1915 to 1916. During World War I he became therepresentative Plenipotentiary of the Russian Red Cross and in the White Army from 1918 to 1924, he held the same post in Estonia. in this capacity he was able to help many people leave Russia. Forced toresign, he left Russia for exile, and like many of his compatriots foundhimself in Paris along with his wife and children. Herained in contact with most member os theRussian aristocracy, of which he was also related to a largenumber until his death.
Size: 20 x 13 cm approx
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