ELEMENTS LATE 18TH 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH GILTWOOD LIT A LA POLONAISE
ELEMENTS LATE 18TH 19TH CENTURY
Upholstered with red cloth and white net hangings, the tester surmounted by an urn finial, on down scrolled supports with arched head and foot boards, joined by side rails, includes box spring, restorations
112in. (284cm.) high; 70in. (178cm.) wide; 88in. (223cm.) long

Provenance

Lady Denbigh, Painton, by repute.

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Lot Essay

This bed-form is crowned by a Grecian urn-capped dome and relates to one executed about 1780 by the celebrated French court 'menuisier' Georges Jacob (d.1814); and displayed by George IV at Windsor Castle in the 1820s (H. Roberts, For the King's Pleasure, London, 2001, p.198).

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