The throne chair of the Grand Master of the Order of Malta, with an embroidered Maltese cross on its back, made for Paul I in 1799-1800 to a design by the architect Giacomo Quarenghi

The throne chair of the Grand Master of the Order of Malta, with an embroidered Maltese cross on its back, made for Paul I in 1799-1800 to a design by the architect Giacomo Quarenghi. Paul I was elected Grand Master of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem in 1798. Before the Revolution the chair stood in the Maltese Chapel of the Vorontsov Palace, then found its way into the collection of the Museum of Ethnography, from which it was transferred to the Hermitage in 1941

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free. So, here is the

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The throne chair of the Grand Master of the Order of Malta, with an embroidered Maltese cross on its back, made for Paul I in 1799-1800 to a design by the architect Giacomo Quarenghi

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

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