A WILLIAM AND MARY PINE BEDHEAD

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A WILLIAM AND MARY PINE BEDHEAD
Carved overall with raised scrolls and covered in floral needlework, with shell-carved cresting, the needlework distressed, the back inscribed twice in chalk '3862', and with a later grained scrolling support, on claw feet, one foot chipped
the bedhead 42¾ in. (108.5 cm.) high; 59 in. (150 cm) wide
the support 44 in. (112 cm.) high; 66 in. (168 cm.) wide

AND A REGENCY MAHOGANY BED BACK-REST
The ratcheted frame with winged padded back and arm-rests, stuffed with horse hair and covered in distressed cotton
25 in. (63.5 cm.) high; 22½ in. (57 cm.) wide; 19 in. (49.5 cm.) deep (2)

Lot Essay

The triumphal-arched bedhead crowned by Venus's shell-badge supported by acanthus-wrapped and richly-fringed ribbon-scrolls relates to Louis Quatorze patterns issued in the late 17th Century by Daniel Marot (d. 1752) 'architect' to King William III in his Nouveaux Livre d'Appartements and his Second Livre d'Appartements. A late 17th Century bed, with a related head-board is now displayed in the King's Bed Chamber at The Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh (M. Swain, 'The State Beds at Holyroodhouse', Furniture History, pp. 58-60, pl. 64).
A related bed from Cullen House, Scotland was acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London in 1975.

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