Lot 345
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A MID-VICTORIAN ASH AND MARQUETRY INLAID SIX PIECE PART BEDROOM SUITE

CIRCA 1870, IN THE MANNER OF CHARLES BEVAN

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A MID-VICTORIAN ASH AND MARQUETRY INLAID SIX PIECE PART BEDROOM SUITE
CIRCA 1870, IN THE MANNER OF CHARLES BEVAN
THE HAND-PAINTED TILES TO THE WASH-STAND POSSIBLY MINTON, TOGETHER WITH A NEAR MATCHING ASH HALF-TESTER BED, AND A SIMILAR OAK OPEN ARMCHAIR AND ASH POT CUPBOARD
THE WARDROBE: 96 IN. (244 CM.) HIGH; 95 IN. (242 CM.) WIDE; 24 IN. (61 CM.) DEEP (6)
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PLEASE NOTE THAT THE HEAD BOARD, CANOPY, AND SIDE RAILS OF THE BED HAVE BEEN CROPPED FROM THE LOT IMAGE.

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Lot Essay

THERE ARE STRONG STYLISTIC LINKS BETWEEN THIS BEDROOM SUITE AND THE ONE DESIGNED BY CHARLES BEVAN AND MADE BY MARSH AND JONES, LEEDS, WHICH WAS COMMISSIONED IN 1866 BY THE MILL OWNER TITUS SALT JNR, FOR HIS HOUSE AT BAILDON, YORKSHIRE. SEE CHRISTOPHER GILBERT, FURNITURE AT TEMPLE NEWSAM HOUSE AND LOTHERTON HALL, NATIONAL ART-COLLECTIONS-FUND AND THE LEEDS ART COLLECTIONS FUND, BRADFORD AND LONDON, 1978, VOL. II, PAGES 394-406, PLATES 521C-521M.

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