concept
the Utkin furniture
Utkin furniture
also: уткинская мебель
Furniture formerly belonging to (or associated with) a family named Utkin, now passed to the Chekhov household -- part of Anton's mock-boastful inventory of the family's new comforts.
Reading notes
- To Al. P. Chekhov, 17–18 April 1883. Moscow. §2 Utkin furniture
Furniture once belonging to a family named Utkin, now the Chekhovs', cited in a mock inventory of the household's improved circumstances.