Beds

Resting bed in white lacquered molded wood, with slightly overturned headboards resting on eight tapered and fluted legs. Louis XVI period. Height 81x204x72 cm

Moulded and carved wooden bed, the headboards with detached fluted columns, standing on six small tapered and fluted legs. Louis XVI period. Height Height : 87x174x79 cm

A CHIPPENDALE FOUR POSTER BED, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1775 the stop-fluted front posts above 'Marlborough' legs and block feet joined by a footrail, the back with octagonal shaped posts joined by a head rail, the frame with later a floral silk pelmet Provenance: Dawesfield House, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA Lots 92 - 175 form part of the original contents of Dawesfield, Lewis Lane, Ambler, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - an iconic American farmhouse built by Abraham Dawes and by descent through generations of the female line. It served as the Revolutionary Headquarters of General George Washington from 20th October until 2nd November, 1777. Marlborough or ‘Marlboro’ square legs were popular in eighteenth century American bedsteads. The tapered square section of the Marlborough legs offer themselves as sturdy pedestals to the pillars of the bed. The term was first recorded in the Bristol Journal in 1783, ‘For Sale. A neat Mahogany Marlboro Bedstead’. However, this style of square leg ostensibly takes its name from George Spencer, the 4th Duke of Marlborough, to whom William Ince and John Mayhew dedicated their book The Universal System of Household Furniture (1759-62). A similar fourposter bed from Philadelphia is part of the Winterthur Museum collection.

Carved wood bed, gilded lacquered and painted in the Venetian style. Headboard upholstered in old rose velvet. Height 148cm, length 190cm, for a bedding of 160 cm

Doll, DEP porcelain head, fixed eyes. H. 42 cm. On openwork wooden bed.

Resting bed in molded wood (small accidents). 20th century. Height : 65 cm - Width : 120 cm - Depth : 75 cm Red fabric upholstery. Also included: Five cushions in red and orange tones.