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A LOUIS XVI PROVINCIAL WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT BED
Carved overall with ribbon-tied palm-sprays, husk-trails and foliage, the arched padded headboard covered in ivory silk, the waved channelled apron on scrolled channelled cabriole legs, restorations, signs of green underpainting, altered first half 19th Century, with remains of two depository labels to the reverse printed 'Countess Wemyss 17 12/18', with seven bolts, with box spring and mattress
58 in. (147.5 cm.) wide; 56½ in. (143.5 cm.) high; 88 in. (223.5 cm.) deep
Carved overall with ribbon-tied palm-sprays, husk-trails and foliage, the arched padded headboard covered in ivory silk, the waved channelled apron on scrolled channelled cabriole legs, restorations, signs of green underpainting, altered first half 19th Century, with remains of two depository labels to the reverse printed 'Countess Wemyss 17 12/18', with seven bolts, with box spring and mattress
58 in. (147.5 cm.) wide; 56½ in. (143.5 cm.) high; 88 in. (223.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
The Countess of Wemyss.
Robert Trafford, Esq., (+) Hill Court, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire (offered Christie's house sale, 13-14 December 1982, lot 180).
Anonymous sale, in these Rooms, 19 May 1994, lot 329 (£2,800 hammer).
Robert Trafford, Esq., (+) Hill Court, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire (offered Christie's house sale, 13-14 December 1982, lot 180).
Anonymous sale, in these Rooms, 19 May 1994, lot 329 (£2,800 hammer).
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.