Bed, 19th Century, Italian, Baroque, Carved, Painted, Gilded, Armorial Cartouche

£7,650
Reference

11219

The headboard is surmounted with a carved cresting and turned finials at each end, and the frame painted with scrollwork. The centre of the headboard has a cartouche containing a painting of a coat of arms, surrounded by profuse, stylized, acanthus leaf carving. The footboard has turned finials at each end and a frame painted with scrollwork. The footboard has a central cartouche containing a painted coat of arms on both sides, also surrounded by ornate acanthus leaf carving. I am currently researching the arms. Standing on bun feet. Painted in green and red and gilded.

Measures: Headboard: Height 162.50 cm., 64 in., width 114 cm., 44 3/4 in Footboard: Height 105.5 cm., 41.5 in., width 114 cm., 44 3/4 in Box spring mattress, length 178.5 cm., 70 1/4 in., width 103 cm., 40 1/2 in

Provenance: Dr Bent Juel-Jensen, Oxford. The pioneer of student health in Oxford University and an outstanding benefactor of the Bodleian Library.

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Height 162.5 cm / 64 "
Width 185 cm / 73"
Depth 114 cm / 45"
Period

19th Century

Year

1800-1875

Medium

Beech

Country

Italy

Collectors / Designers

Collectors

Style

Baroque (In the style of)

Techniques

Gilt

Collections

Commemorative

Condition

GOOD. Wear consistent with age and use.

Set

1

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