SALES ARCHIVE

A RARE LATE ELIZABETHAN OAK YEOMANS BED. ENGLISH .CIRCA 1600.

THE TAPERED PANELLED HEADBOARD WITH TURNED FINIALS AND KNULL CARVED FRIEZE, WITH DEEP PANELLED SIDES LEADING DOWN TO A THREE PANELLED FOOTBOARD. EXCELLENT COLOUR AND PATINATION.
PROVENANCE-PURCHASED IN 1952 AT THE ELEVEN DAY SALE OF THE CONTENTS OF COLDBROOK PARK, ABERGAVENNY BY DIRECTION OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE LATE LADY HELEN HERBERT. THE PARK FIRST APPEARS AS THE SEAT OF SIR RICHARD HERBERT IN THE REIGN OF HENRY VI. COLONEL HENRY HERBERT OF COLDBROOK WAS REWARDED BY CROMWELL WITH THE CONTENTS OF RAGLAN CASTLE. IT IS CONCEIVABLE THAT THIS BED WAS PART OF THOSE CONTENTS. THE BED WAS GIFTED TO THE VENDOR IN 1986.
4FT 3" WIDE (46" INSIDE) X 6FT 4" LONG X 5FT HIGH.
STOCK NO 1076.


Dimensions:
Height: 60 inches (152.4 cms)
Width: 51 inches (129.5 cms)
Length: 76 inches (193.0 cms)

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