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Details
a louis xvi grey painted lit a la polonaise
Draped overall with tasseled ivory-coloured floral silk, the oval domed canopy hung with swags and with four metal scrolled supports covered by curtains, the bed with arched padded head and footboard, each with arched top and stop-fluted turned tapering legs headed by flowerheads, extended in length by 7in. (18cm.) and one side-rail broken and wormed, two curtains and the head and foot-board silk distressed, with one bolster cushion partically torn, redecorated.
Overall 124½ in. (316cm.) high; 86in. (218cm.) long; 57in. (145cm.) wide
Draped overall with tasseled ivory-coloured floral silk, the oval domed canopy hung with swags and with four metal scrolled supports covered by curtains, the bed with arched padded head and footboard, each with arched top and stop-fluted turned tapering legs headed by flowerheads, extended in length by 7in. (18cm.) and one side-rail broken and wormed, two curtains and the head and foot-board silk distressed, with one bolster cushion partically torn, redecorated.
Overall 124½ in. (316cm.) high; 86in. (218cm.) long; 57in. (145cm.) wide
Provenance
'A Distinguished Collection of French Furniture', sold in these Rooms, 19 May, 1983, lot 89.
Literature
Mirabel Cecil, 'French School', The World of Interiors, May 1986, p. 141.
Special notice
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