Lot 98
Lot 98
THE PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
A GEORGE III MARQUETRY AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED TESTER BED

THE FOOT POSTS CIRCA 1780, ATTRIBUTED TO INCE & MAYHEW, THE REMAINDER LATER

Price Realised USD 10,080
Estimate
USD 6,000 - USD 10,000
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A GEORGE III MARQUETRY AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED TESTER BED

THE FOOT POSTS CIRCA 1780, ATTRIBUTED TO INCE & MAYHEW, THE REMAINDER LATER

Price Realised USD 10,080
Price Realised USD 10,080
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The bed comprising a pair of foot posts, elaborately inlaid with foliate trails on square pedestal with oval paterae, the later canopy painted with foliate trails and anthemia, with modern headboard (not depicted) and head posts, hung throughout with floral printed silk, the canopy partially reconstructed
Together with four pairs of matching printed silk window curtains with custom trim

The bed, overall: 119 in. (302.3 cm.) high, 9112 in. (232.4 cm.) long, 80 in. (203.2 cm.) wide
The smaller two pairs of window curtains: 36 in. (91.4 cm.) wide at the bunched top, 108 in. (274.3 cm.) long
The larger two pairs of window curtains: 60 in. (152.4 cm.) wide at the bunched top, 108 in. (274.3 cm.) long
Provenance
Acquired from Mallett, London.
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