A GEORGE III CARVED GILTWOOD AND CREAM-PAINTED FOUR-POST BED
CIRCA 1760 - 65, EXTENDED IN THE REGENCY
A GEORGE III CARVED GILTWOOD AND CREAM-PAINTED FOUR-POST BED CIRCA 1760 - 65, EXTENDED IN THE REGENCY The canopy with ribbed cupola in cream silk above a spreading cornice with three scrolled pedimented sides each centred by an urn and with lambrequin edge, hung with old gold silk curtains and pelmets, supported by leaf-carved and stop-fluted turned columns with square bases carved with scallop shells and rosettes, the serpentine head and foot boards adorned with scrolled acanthus and floral swags, and centred by rocaille shells, with conforming pleated silk valance, the head and foot boards Regency but the central cartouche of head board probably original, the bed extended by 4¼ in. in length and by 7¼ in. width and with consequent alteration to carvings, the canopy also extended, regilt, traces of earlier green decoration, the cupola 20th century 130 in. (330 cm.) high; 83½ in. (212 cm.) long; 70 in. (178 cm.) wide
A GEORGE III CARVED GILTWOOD AND CREAM-PAINTED FOUR-POST BED
CIRCA 1760 - 65, EXTENDED IN THE REGENCY
A GEORGE III CARVED GILTWOOD AND CREAM-PAINTED FOUR-POST BED CIRCA 1760 - 65, EXTENDED IN THE REGENCY The canopy with ribbed cupola in cream silk above a spreading cornice with three scrolled pedimented sides each centred by an urn and with lambrequin edge, hung with old gold silk curtains and pelmets, supported by leaf-carved and stop-fluted turned columns with square bases carved with scallop shells and rosettes, the serpentine head and foot boards adorned with scrolled acanthus and floral swags, and centred by rocaille shells, with conforming pleated silk valance, the head and foot boards Regency but the central cartouche of head board probably original, the bed extended by 4¼ in. in length and by 7¼ in. width and with consequent alteration to carvings, the canopy also extended, regilt, traces of earlier green decoration, the cupola 20th century 130 in. (330 cm.) high; 83½ in. (212 cm.) long; 70 in. (178 cm.) wide
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