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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN GREEN-PAINTED BRASS AND STEEL 'CALIFORNIA' CAMPAIGN BEDS/ARMCHAIRS

SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN GREEN-PAINTED BRASS AND STEEL 'CALIFORNIA' CAMPAIGN BEDS/ARMCHAIRS
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Each with dark green buttoned seat and back cushions and a retractable back, later painted
38 ½ in. (98 cm.) high; 42 in. (107 cm.) long, extended; 27 ½ in. (70 cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

An identical model is illustrated in Furnishing the Colonial Bungalow a selling exhibition of campaign and colonial furnishings curated by Dr. Broadbent and presented by Warwick Oakman Anqities & Christopher Clarke Antiques to mark the completion of restoration work on Glenfield by the Historic House Trust of New South Wales, Australia.

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