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AN EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY FOUR POSTER BED AND SILK COVERED TESTER

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$ 20 000
Auction dateClassic
19.10.2023 10:00UTC -04:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 1030803
Lot 244 | AN EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY FOUR POSTER BED AND SILK COVERED TESTER
AN EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY FOUR POSTER BED AND SILK COVERED TESTER

POSSIBLY BY WRIGHT AND ELWICK, CIRCA 1765

With a pierced scroll-carved cornice covered with later scarlet colored silk damask lined in cream silk, the cluster column front posts interspersed with rope-twist rosettes punctuated by knopped acanthus, with recessed anti-friction steel casters, apparently original

124 in. (315 cm.) high, 85 in. (216 cm.) wide, 88 in. (224 cm.) deep (overall)





Provenance

Almost certainly supplied to Sir Peter Leicester, 4th Bt. (1732-1770) for Tabley House, Cheshire, by the architect John Carr of York (1723-1807);

By descent until sold from Tabley House by the University of Manchester to benefit the Tabley House Fund; Christie's, London, 16 November 1989, lots 74 and 74A.

Mallett at Bourdon House; Sotheby's, London, 9 March 2007, lot 1064.

Acquired by Ann Getty from the above.



Literature

P. Macquoid and R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1954, vol. I, p. 64, fig. 50.

L. Synge, Mallett Millenium, London, 2006, fig. 262.
Medium:Mahogany, Wood
Historical era:Georgian period
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Category:Bed
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps
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