A GEORGE III CREAM AND POLYCHROME-PAINTED TESTER BED - photo 1

A GEORGE III CREAM AND POLYCHROME-PAINTED TESTER BED

Lot 212
19.10.2023 10:00UTC -05:00
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Starting price
$ 8 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 1030788
Lot 212 | A GEORGE III CREAM AND POLYCHROME-PAINTED TESTER BED
Estimate value
$ 8 000 – 12 000
A GEORGE III CREAM AND POLYCHROME-PAINTED TESTER BED

ATTRIBUTED TO INCE AND MAYHEW, CIRCA 1780

The arched cornice and four fluted posts painted with polychrome floral vinery with conforming decoration and hung with cream and blue silk, decoration largely refreshed and adjusted for a modern mattress, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label

114 in. (289.6 cm.) high, 79 in. (200.7 cm.) wide, 88 in. (223.5 cm.) deep





Provenance

Supplied to the 4th Duke of Manchester (1737-1788), for Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire.

By descent to the 10th Duke; sold Messrs. Knight, Frank & Rutley, 18-21 July 1949, lot 721.

The Collection of Nancy and Ronald Tree, Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire.

With Mallett, London.

Supplied by Parish-Hadley, New York, to Ann and Gordon Getty in 1976.
Historical era:Georgian period
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps
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