Captivity photo's

[Sarushka]

Recreate AP? In what way?

The basic arrangement of the furniture is the same as the girls' bedrooms at the AP -- nightstand and cot with a chair at the foot to drape their clothes over. Lots of photos on the walls. That sort of thing.

[blessOTMA]

Indeed, Sarushka . The Olga in bed with braids photo comes to mind as an example of the AP armaments.  But here,instead of screens, they placed clothes on the walls .  The way they have arranged it and the height , if you were sitting on the sofas or lying in bed, you would easy see only what they themselves put on the walls...of course it's fascinating to see so much embroidery on the pillows  after hearing how  it occupied their time, from young girlhood really .  As GrandDuchessAndrea pointed out , material is draped in many places , even on the chair Anastasia is using. Reminds of how  the tennis courts would have oriental rugs in the sitting areas

[matushka]

That is a russian habit/tradition to fix some carpets of bog shawl on the wall.
Is that me? It looks like there is a portrait, a drawing of Demekov near Marie's bed? Or is that someone else?

[GrandDuchessAndrea]

I thought that was Anastasia's bed and that the drawing was the one Tatiana (?) did of one of their tutors. 

[Nicola De Valeron]

Is that me? It looks like there is a portrait, a drawing of Demekov near Marie's bed? Or is that someone else?

Matushka, good eye! It seems to me also that this is Demenkov's portrait;). Little touch that gives us some more reflections about Maria's feelings...

Does anybody has this photo in better quality/higher resolution to define more clearly?

[EmmyLee]

Annie, I've never seen that second photo! Thank you for a slightly different perspective on the room.

[Holly]

The bed with the portrait above it is supposed to be Anastasia's bed and the one next to it is Olga's.

[Sarushka]

The bed with the portrait above it is supposed to be Anastasia's bed and the one next to it is Olga's.

That's different from what it says in Trewin's book. I have no idea if Trewin's right -- where'd you pick up the other info?

[blessOTMA]

EmmyLee, the 2nd photo was sold at Christie's in the 90's, I have the catalog and I enlarged it via the  scanner... I wanted the others to surface in my files before posting and you are more than welcome =)

Is that  the drawing of KR's son, Oleg? and the Stardart?...also the Oct 4th 1916 Cossack photo op?
...my understanding this is AN and MN's beds .

[GrandDuchessAndrea]

A book I have says that Anastasia's bed is on the left, and Maria's on the right.

[blessOTMA]

Sarushka's  mention of Trewin's book made me look it up ( thank you! ) and the photo of the girl's room it has pans even more to the right than the ones I posted....shows the door way ... So I include it here . The Imperial eagle is on one of the pillows...plus a scan of the whole photo in the book

[nena]

1917 with two guards and Prince D....all with the wooden snow paddles...I call them guards because they have swords, but not sure 

Tsarskoe Selo, early months of 1917. I don't know if this one had ben psoted here.

[blessOTMA]

Thank you! I should have posted it here as well!

[rosieposie]

It's nice to see they had a collage of photos on the wall.

[blessOTMA]

Anastasia in the Grand Duchesses bed room at Tobolsk. Larger and a bit fuller. I now know it was a
material covered chair on her left. All this time it looked like laundry!