
Whispering Throne
Amidst the dim chambers of the Ravensfield Collection stands an object embodying both artistic prowess and unnerving mystery—Leonora Vissarionovich’s “The Sable Seat.” Crafted in 1929, this gothic chair evokes a paradox of beauty and dread. Hand-carved oak curves gracefully, met with surrealist silk upholstery whose symmetry gradually contorts