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A North European polychrome painted and parcel-gilt bedstead, late 19th/early 20th century
the headboard of broken swans-neck outline, with pierced foliate cresting above an oval panel decorated with a picture of a saint, within a leaf-carved frame and swag-decorated surround, the footboard with foliate scrolled cresting above a painted townscape scene, on paterae-headed block supports flanking further draped swags, on square tapering feet -- 46½in. (118cm.) wide
the headboard of broken swans-neck outline, with pierced foliate cresting above an oval panel decorated with a picture of a saint, within a leaf-carved frame and swag-decorated surround, the footboard with foliate scrolled cresting above a painted townscape scene, on paterae-headed block supports flanking further draped swags, on square tapering feet -- 46½in. (118cm.) wide