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A KINGWOOD, WALNUT AND PARCEL-GILT BEDROOM SUITE, of Louis XV style
Comprising, a wardrobe, the arched and moulded cornice, with flowerhead and acanthus c-scroll cresting, and fitted with an arched mirrored door flanked on either side by a further mirrored door, on slender cabriole supports carved with shells and c-scrolls,
94in. (239cm) wide;
a pair of night cupboards, each with shaped ledged back and eared moulded rectangular top, fitted with a drawer above a panelled cupboard door,
18in. (45.5cm) wide;
a pair of single beds, with arched head and footboards with bases and mattresses, 43in. (109cm) wide; a dressing table with arched shaped bevelled mirror plate, in a moulded surround, the scrolled supports mounted with giltwood candlebranches, above a short drawer, the indented serpentine rectangular top above a frieze fitted with three drawers, on slender cabriole supports and shell carved pointed pad feet,
50in. (127cm) wide (6)
Comprising, a wardrobe, the arched and moulded cornice, with flowerhead and acanthus c-scroll cresting, and fitted with an arched mirrored door flanked on either side by a further mirrored door, on slender cabriole supports carved with shells and c-scrolls,
94in. (239cm) wide;
a pair of night cupboards, each with shaped ledged back and eared moulded rectangular top, fitted with a drawer above a panelled cupboard door,
18in. (45.5cm) wide;
a pair of single beds, with arched head and footboards with bases and mattresses, 43in. (109cm) wide; a dressing table with arched shaped bevelled mirror plate, in a moulded surround, the scrolled supports mounted with giltwood candlebranches, above a short drawer, the indented serpentine rectangular top above a frieze fitted with three drawers, on slender cabriole supports and shell carved pointed pad feet,
50in. (127cm) wide (6)
Provenance
By repute this bedroom suite was the property of Empress Eugenie, (1826-1920), the wife of Napoleon III