Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 6th July 2021
Lot 261
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY FOUR POSTER BED
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £12000
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Description
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY FOUR POSTER BED
ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, C.1790 AND LATER
with a pair of turned, ribbed and leaf carved front posts supporting a carved and painted pine serpentine pelmet, pierced and decorated with leaves, with a slatted base and a later mattress
262.5cm high, 182cm wide, 207cm deep
Provenance
From the collection of Edward Croft-Murray CBE (1907-1980).
Catalogue Note
See Susan E. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, Volume 1, p.342, pl.397 for similar carving on a footpost made for Jarrard Strickland in 1785.