Lot Essay
Very similar opposing dragon-like motifs are carved on the stone door lintel of a house in the High Street, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire.
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17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY GLOUCESTERSHIRE
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A WEST COUNTRY OAK TESTER BEDSTEAD
17th century, probably Gloucestershire
The panelled tester with fourteen panels carved with rosette-centred geometrical motifs and two smaller horizontal panels with lunette carving, raised on foliate-carved bulbous columns and later square section posts joined by a later end rail, the headboard with four plain lower panels and a profusely carved upper section with twin arcaded panels depicting a tree of life and flanked by figures, all below a frieze of carved dragon or serpent-like creatures flanking a cartouche, the arcaded panels and corner quadrants with black paint decoration, raised in height
93½in. (237cm.) high, 62in. (158cm.) wide, 82in. (208cm.) long
See Illustration
17th century, probably Gloucestershire
The panelled tester with fourteen panels carved with rosette-centred geometrical motifs and two smaller horizontal panels with lunette carving, raised on foliate-carved bulbous columns and later square section posts joined by a later end rail, the headboard with four plain lower panels and a profusely carved upper section with twin arcaded panels depicting a tree of life and flanked by figures, all below a frieze of carved dragon or serpent-like creatures flanking a cartouche, the arcaded panels and corner quadrants with black paint decoration, raised in height
93½in. (237cm.) high, 62in. (158cm.) wide, 82in. (208cm.) long
See Illustration
Provenance
Purchased from the Mary Bellis showroom in 1986
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