A REGENCY EBONIZED AND PARCEL-GILT DAYBED

Lot 348
23.02.2024 10:00UTC +01:00
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Starting price
$ 10 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1134273
Lot 348 | A REGENCY EBONIZED AND PARCEL-GILT DAYBED
Estimate value
$ 10 000 – 15 000
A REGENCY EBONIZED AND PARCEL-GILT DAYBED

ALMOST CERTAINLY EARLY 19TH CENTURY

The form fashioned after an Egyptian river boat, raised on crocodile legs, the headboard decorated on either side with the mask of a Vestal Virgin within a laurel-leaf wreath, the reeded sides terminating in a scallop shell footboard, the caned seat covered with loose tiger print velvet cushion and bolster pillow together with a black leather throw pillow and buff-striped cushion, the bed overall re-decorated

36 ¾ in. (93.3 cm.) high, 80 ½ in. (204.5 cm.) wide, 23 ¾ in. (60.3 cm.) wide





Provenance

Acquired from Stephen Somerville, Ltd., London in 1993.
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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SW1Y 6QT London
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