CIRCA 1840-1860

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A COLLECTION OF ENGLISH ROCOCO REVIVAL PAPIER-MACHE PELMENTS AND BED CRESTINGS
CIRCA 1840-1860
Comprising three sections of a bed cresting, two pelments and three overdoor crestings, redecorated in 1955, one inscribed 'R.G. SIMMONS, P. GREEN - 1955 JUNE' and 'Patchwork dressing room', losses and damages
The pelmets - 94 in. (239 cm.) wide (8)

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Lot Essay

The bed crestings, pelmets and overdoors were previously used in the Patchwork Bedroom and Dressing Room, Althorp, which was dismantled during the 1980s. The Patchwork room was so known due to the hangings made for it by Charlotte, Countess Spencer (1835-1903) wife of the 5th Earl, and her sisters. The old hangings had had to be burnt following the death from smallpox in that room of Lord Charles Bruce in 1897, Lady Spencer's brother-in-law. The room is now known as the Ante Room and adjoins the Great Room at Althorp.

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