SALES ARCHIVE

A MAGNIFICENT JACOBEAN OAK FOUR POSTER BED. ENGLISH. CIRCA 1620.

THE TWELVE PANELLED TESTER CARVED WITH LOZENGES CENTRED BY FLOWER HEADS AND GUILLOCHE MUNTINS AND EDGED IN CHAIN LINK WITH FLOWER CENTRES TO THE CORNICE.THE VERY DEEPLY CARVED HEADBOARD WITH TWO ARCHADED TOP PANELS WITH FLORAL DISPLAYS AND EDGED WITH GUILOCHE CARVING AND LUNETTE CARVED FRAMING, FLANKED BY THREE CARVED CARYATID FIGURES. ABOVE TWO ARCHADED PANELS WITH UNUSUAL GEOMETRIC CARVING AND INITIALLED I.H AND T.H. THESE PANELS ARE FLANKED BY THREE HEAVILY CARVED LEAF AND FLORAL PILLARS WITH FLOWERHEAD BASES AND LUNETTE CARVED CANDLE SHELF, THE SIDES OF THE HEADBOARD WITH ORIGINAL CARVED EARS. THE BEAUTIFULY CARVED AND FLUTED CUP AND COVER FOOT POSTS WITH PUNCH DECORATION.A VERY IMPRESSIVE EARLY 17TH CENTURY OAK FOUR POSTER BED. RESTORATIONS, AS WITH ALL FOUR POSTER BEDS OF THIS PERIOD CONSTANT USAGE MEANS ONGOING REPAIRS, THIS ONE HAS HAD THE BED RAILS TO THE SIDE AND BOTTOM REPLACED, BUT APART FROM THIS IS IN EXCELLENT SOLID CONDITION. GREAT COLOUR AND PATINATION.
4FT 7" WIDE X 78" LONG X 79" HIGH. 66" WIDE AT HEADBOARD. WILL TAKE A 5FT WIDE MATTRESS.
STOCK NO 1214.


Dimensions:
Height: 79 inches (200.7 cms)
Width: 55 inches (139.7 cms)
Length: 78 inches (198.1 cms)

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