Wood, carving, lacquer. The end of the 19th century, Russia. This massive carved writing desk with two pedestals never stood in Bulgakov’s room and belonged to the writer’s uncle, a famous doctor, N. M. Pokrovsky. Bulgakov visited him quite often and, of course, the desk was very familiar to him. But one can say with certainty that this is also a desk of Bulgakov’s characters as professor Preob…
