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- 1911-12. Architect M.Lialevich.
- Now the Fashions.
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- F. Mertens owned a big firm trading in furs and
- fur articles that was active in Petersburg in
- 1841. After demolishing it architect M.Lialevich
- erected a monumental building which came to
- house the firm's shop, working facilities and
- workshops.Three glassed arches cut through the
- faτade to the fourth floor level. The glazed
- surface is intersected by the horizontal lines of
- the spans between the floors. Key-stones above
- the arches in the shape of enormous volutes are
- decorated with female fiqures (sculptor
- V.Kuznetsov).The house is a typical example of a
- firm building designed in the classical style of the
- early 20th century.
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