Lot Essay
This highly unusual bed bears a close resemblance to an Anglo-Indian carved ivory four-post bed, sold anonymously, Christie's New York, 9 October 1993, lot 161.
LATE 18 EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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AN ANGLO-INDIAN PADOUKWOOD FOUR-POST CAMPAIGN BED
Late 18 early 19th Century
With ring-turned reeded baluster columns with urn finials and joined by curtain rails, with pierced head and foot boards each with a row of balusters on cabriole legs with lion-paw feet headed by acanthus, restorations, two legs spliced, with later mattress-board, a modern divan sprung mattress and eight bolts, the toprail of the headboard and the tops of the posts replaced in mahogany
83 in. (211 cm.) wide; 69½ in. (176.5 cm.) high; 55 in. (140 cm.) deep
The mattress 48 in. x 72 in. (122 cm. x 183 cm.)
Late 18 early 19th Century
With ring-turned reeded baluster columns with urn finials and joined by curtain rails, with pierced head and foot boards each with a row of balusters on cabriole legs with lion-paw feet headed by acanthus, restorations, two legs spliced, with later mattress-board, a modern divan sprung mattress and eight bolts, the toprail of the headboard and the tops of the posts replaced in mahogany
83 in. (211 cm.) wide; 69½ in. (176.5 cm.) high; 55 in. (140 cm.) deep
The mattress 48 in. x 72 in. (122 cm. x 183 cm.)