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About the Item

This bed was privately commissioned by a collector about 40 years ago representing a rare opportunity to purchase a vintage, hand-crafted bed made to the highest standards in the Renaissance-architectural-style , figurative and armorial carving. • This bed typifies the expensive and lavishly carved beds that articulated the power and position of the head of the household and were the most expensive pieces of furniture in the home. They were the centrepiece of the Bedroom, the most opulent of a series of rooms designed to showcase the status and wealth of the owner and the height of fashion in palaces, castles and important private homes in the late-18th century. • Period beds with front pedestals containing open architectural niches to display figurative carvings are exceptionally rare. The infamous Elizabethan Great Bed of Ware in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London has similar niches although it does not retain its figurative carvings. . • This bed has been beautifully made, from finely grained oak and the figuring forms part of the aesthetic, with attention to detail throughout, unusually the back is wainscot panelled. It has been handcarved with a considered narrative that is appropriate for its function and the period it is glorifying. The bed has been wisely and ingeniously made in sections so it is easy to handle, assemble and move. There are acanthus leaf and scroll handcarved corbels at each end which hide the bolts. The top section of the massive bedposts has characteristic, handcarved, bulbous turnings merging into massive, square, architectural pedestals on plinths. The upper pedestal with a vocabulary of Renaissance architectural ornament of fluted classical columns supporting archways on each side revealing handcarved figurative sculptures yet to be identified. The pedestals are reminiscent of those on the Great Bed of Ware which no longer has its figurative carvings. The architectural vocabulary continues with the square plinths, the front and side sections of which are decorated with carved panels. The central panel is also characteristic of the period depicting a vase of flowers, probably alluding to the flowering of life and fertility. The bottom section of the headboard comprises four moulded panels. The back of the headboard is panelled, suggestive of wainscot. There are three plain side rails which fit into the footboard plinth and the headboard, secured by bolts.

Dimensions:
Height: 87.01 in (221 cm)Width: 67.33 in (171 cm)Depth: 78.75 in (200 cm)
Style:
Baroque (In the Style Of)
Materials and Techniques:
Walnut
Place of Origin:
Europe
Period:
Mid-19th Century
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1850
Condition:
Refinished. Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
Miami, FL
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU1726229766612

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