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AN IBERIAN PALISANDER BRASS AND GILT-METAL MOUNTED 'HERRERRAN' FOUR-POSTER BED
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AN IBERIAN PALISANDER BRASS AND GILT-METAL MOUNTED 'HERRERRAN' FOUR-POSTER BED

LATE 17TH/18TH CENTURY, ALMOST CERTAINLY CASTILLE

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AN IBERIAN PALISANDER BRASS AND GILT-METAL MOUNTED 'HERRERRAN' FOUR-POSTER BED
Late 17th/18th Century, almost certainly Castille
The shaped headboard of architectural form with five spindled-tiers mounted overall with pierced filligree brasswork and stylised foliage decorated with turned spindles between turned posts surmounted by turned finials and hung with crimson floral silk damask with tasselled fringes, together with a boxspring, some restorations and replacements
108in. (274cm.) high; 72in. (183cm.) wide; 84in. (213cm.) long
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During the 17th Century, Hispanic bed forms developed into three distinct types:- those with architectural headpieces in the Herrerran style decorated with metal mounts and turned posts topped with pointed finials; Portuguese-type beds elaborately turned with spiral twists and flame-like finials; and those with headboards shaped with Baroque scrolls and hung separately to the wall. The Herrerran bed, of which the bed offered here is an elaborate example, is now thought to emanate from Castille, whilst the Portuguese and Baroque types are thought to emanate from Catalunna and the Balearic Islands, respectively. An almost identical Herreran bed in the Montenegro Collection, Lugo, dating from the 17th Century, is illustrated in G. Hardendorff Burr, Hispanic Furniture, New York, 1964, p.81, whilst an example of the Balearic type from Mallorca was sold from Ca'n Puig Y Castillo de Bendinat, Mallorca, Christie's house sale, 24-25 May 1999, lot 368 (4,200,000 ptas, exc. premium).