The Property of
PATRICIA, VISCOUNTESS BOYD
A SPANISH EMPIRE MAHOGANY EBONISED AND MARQUETRY BED, the matching headboard and footboard each with scrolled top-rail and side with scrolled gadrooning above drapery swags, the reeded rails with gathered drapery swags, the legs decorated with paterae, on block feet, lacking box-spring and mattress, with label inscribed in ink 135871 Elveden Part of Bedst and plastic label RESTORED BY CHARLES PERRY RESTORATIONS LTD., ST ALBANS FOR PATRICIA VISCOUNTESS BOYD AFTER THE FIRE OF MARCH 1988 INCE CASTLE, SALTASH, CORNWALL, restorations
Details
A SPANISH EMPIRE MAHOGANY EBONISED AND MARQUETRY BED, the matching headboard and footboard each with scrolled top-rail and side with scrolled gadrooning above drapery swags, the reeded rails with gathered drapery swags, the legs decorated with paterae, on block feet, lacking box-spring and mattress, with label inscribed in ink 135871 Elveden Part of Bedst and plastic label RESTORED BY CHARLES PERRY RESTORATIONS LTD., ST ALBANS FOR PATRICIA VISCOUNTESS BOYD AFTER THE FIRE OF MARCH 1988 INCE CASTLE, SALTASH, CORNWALL, restorations
101in. (256.5cm.) wide; 51½in. (131cm.) high; 55½in. (141cm.) high
101in. (256.5cm.) wide; 51½in. (131cm.) high; 55½in. (141cm.) high
Provenance
Purchased in Spain in 1910 by 2nd Earl of Iveagh (d.1967) for Elveden Hall, Thetford, Norfolk
Thence by descent to the present owner
This bed suffered only minor smoke damage in the fire of 1988. It was subsequently cleaned and polished
Thence by descent to the present owner
This bed suffered only minor smoke damage in the fire of 1988. It was subsequently cleaned and polished