A George III Mahogany and Polychrome Decorated Tester Bed

Late 18th Century

the arched canopy with pleaded cotton fabric top, the frieze painted with a continuous band of interwoven ribbon and laurel within red pinstriping.
Height 107 x width 76 x depth 86 inches.

This lot is located in Chicago.

Condition
Fits a mattress sized: 77 x 68 inches. In overall good, stable condition. Old scuffs, marks and scratches throughout consistent with age and use. The painting refreshed but with some scattered flaking and age, does not detract from overall aesthetic unless viewed very closely. The top of fabric canopy with a stain to one side. Some of the brass hardware covers on posts are bent and do not sit flush to post. One of the posts with two panels detached from foot, one panel present, one missing. Additional images available upon request.

Provenance
Note:A similarly carved and painted bed is recorded in the collection of the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire and Illustrated in Ralph Edwards and Percy Macquoid's Dictionary of English Furniture, Vol 1. pp. 66, Fig 58.Provenance:Stair and Co., London (attached label).Sotheby's London, November 17, 1995, Lot 98Note from Tim Corfield, antiques advisor to Betty and Gordon Moore at Mountain Meadow:A very good period bed, with beautifully painted cornice and elegant posts. Unusually wide for a period bed.