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AN OAK AND MARQUETRY TESTER BEDSTEAD, ENGLISH, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
THE NINE PANEL TESTER CARVED WITH ARCADED DECORATION SURROUNDING A SUNKEN CENTRAL PANEL WITH A FOLIATE LUNETTE BORDER, ALL PANELS SURROUNDED BY CHANNELS CARVED WITH A CABLE MOTIF, THE CORNICE WITH STYLISED FOLIATE DETAIL ABOVE A FOLIATE FILLED LUNETTE FRIEZE, RAISED ON BULBOUS AND TURNED POSTS (THE BULBS OF ELM) PROFUSELY CARVED WITH ROSETTE FILLED GUILLOCHE, SCALES AND STIFF LEAF DETAIL, TERMINATING IN BLOCKS, THE HEADBOARD WITH AN ARCADED UPPER RAIL AND FLORAL INLAID FRIEZE, ABOVE A PAIR OF RECESSED ARCADED AND FLORAL INLAID PANELS WITH CONFORMING FOLIATE LUNETTE BORDERS AND FLANKED BY MALE AND FEMALE FIGURES, WITH FOUR PLAIN PANELS BELOW, JOINED BY SIDE RAILS TO AN INNER FOOTRAIL, THE LOWER PARTS OF THE COLUMNS FROM THE BULB DOWN ARE ASSOCIATED, BUT STILL 17TH CENTURY AND REPLACE PREVIOUS SQUARE SECTION COLUMN PLINTHS -- 61IN. (155CM.) WIDE, 86½IN. (220CM.) HIGH, 93IN. (237CM.) (APPROX.) LONG
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THE NINE PANEL TESTER CARVED WITH ARCADED DECORATION SURROUNDING A SUNKEN CENTRAL PANEL WITH A FOLIATE LUNETTE BORDER, ALL PANELS SURROUNDED BY CHANNELS CARVED WITH A CABLE MOTIF, THE CORNICE WITH STYLISED FOLIATE DETAIL ABOVE A FOLIATE FILLED LUNETTE FRIEZE, RAISED ON BULBOUS AND TURNED POSTS (THE BULBS OF ELM) PROFUSELY CARVED WITH ROSETTE FILLED GUILLOCHE, SCALES AND STIFF LEAF DETAIL, TERMINATING IN BLOCKS, THE HEADBOARD WITH AN ARCADED UPPER RAIL AND FLORAL INLAID FRIEZE, ABOVE A PAIR OF RECESSED ARCADED AND FLORAL INLAID PANELS WITH CONFORMING FOLIATE LUNETTE BORDERS AND FLANKED BY MALE AND FEMALE FIGURES, WITH FOUR PLAIN PANELS BELOW, JOINED BY SIDE RAILS TO AN INNER FOOTRAIL, THE LOWER PARTS OF THE COLUMNS FROM THE BULB DOWN ARE ASSOCIATED, BUT STILL 17TH CENTURY AND REPLACE PREVIOUS SQUARE SECTION COLUMN PLINTHS -- 61IN. (155CM.) WIDE, 86½IN. (220CM.) HIGH, 93IN. (237CM.) (APPROX.) LONG
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Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
All lots sold not cleared by 1.00p.m. on the Thursday following the sale will be removed to the warehouse of:
Cadogan Tate Ltd., Fine Art Services
Cadogan House, 2 Relay Road
London W12 7JS
Telephone: 44 (0)20 8753 3700
Facsimile: 44 (0)20 8753 3701
Lots will be available for collection following transfer to Cadogan Tate on the Friday following the sale and every weekday from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE WILL BE NO CHARGE TO PURCHASERS WHO COLLECT THEIR LOTS WITHIN ONE WEEK OF THE SALE.
On the Thursday one week after the sale, a transfer and administration charge of £18.50 per lot will be payable and a storage charge of £3.20 per lot per day will then come into effect. These charges are payable to Cadogan Tate and are subject to VAT and an insurance surcharge.