AN EMPIRE MARBLE AND ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY LIT D'ALCOVE
EARLY 19TH CENTURY, THE MOUNTS TO FRONT-RAIL PROBABLY ASSOCIATED
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AN EMPIRE MARBLE AND ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY LIT D'ALCOVE
EARLY 19TH CENTURY, THE MOUNTS TO FRONT-RAIL PROBABLY ASSOCIATED
The back-scrolled back with scrolling foliate decroation to the sides with central Mercury's mask down-scrolling to a ram's mask and above a vase supported by two chimerae, the side-rail with square and lozenge panels with central Diana's mask, on block feet, previously with castors
45½ in. (115 cm.) high, 80 in. (203 cm.) long, 42½ in. (108 cm.) deep
Lot Essay
A day-bed with identical ram's heads and very similar foliate scrolls to the uprights was sold anonymously, Sotheby's, Monaco, 9 December 1984, lot 884.
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