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A LOUIS PHILIPPE GILT BED
CIRCA 1840
With carved swan headboard and cornucopiae footboard supports, the frieze decorated with acanthus scrolls and strapwork
49 in. (125 cm.) high; 53 in. (135 cm.) deep; 102 in. (259 cm.) wide
CIRCA 1840
With carved swan headboard and cornucopiae footboard supports, the frieze decorated with acanthus scrolls and strapwork
49 in. (125 cm.) high; 53 in. (135 cm.) deep; 102 in. (259 cm.) wide
Literature
For a similar example of this bed exectuted for the Empress Josephine in the Chateau de la Malmaison near Paris for her use in 1810, by Jacob-Desmalter, see H. Hayward, ed., World Furniture, London, 1965 col. pl. opposite pp. 193
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