Wide Mahogany Chippendale Revival Bed with Eagle Carvings

An Edwardian antique bed with pagoda caps and central carved motif. This bed accepts a standard double, 4ft 6in (54 in), base and mattress set. The price is for the bed frame and a...

A made-to-order bespoke four poster bed with ornate brass castings, tentacle canopy and brass crown. This handcrafted bed is a bespoke piece designed with specific dimensions. The be...

An attractive 6ft wide (72 inches) brass and iron bedstead finished in black with central brass rosette decoration and curved brass top rail, adapted and extended from an original Vi...

An attractive 6ft wide (72 inches) brass and iron bedstead finished in black with brass rosette decoration, adapted and extended from an original Victorian frame, circa 1895. This bed accepts a UK Super King or Californian King 72 inch wide base and mattress. A firm bed base is included in the price. The mattress, bedding, bed linen and throws are extra and can all be supplied by us at Seventh Heaven.

An attractive 6ft wide (72 inches) brass and iron bedstead finished in black with brass rosette decoration, adapted and extended from an original Victorian frame, circa 1895. This b...

An attractive 6ft wide (72 inches) brass and iron antique bed finished in cream with brass rosette decoration and straight brass top rail, adapted and extended from an original Victo...

Chippendale style four-post bed US King, finest mahogany flame veneers and satinwood crossbanding on the head and footboard, high turned and reeded posts on ...

English Chippendale mahogany and deil four-poster bed with decorative bulbous, fluted and acanthus carved post, terminating on squared plinths with Marlboro feet. Bed is queen-size w...

The Faringdon House, Chippendale Period, Mahogany, Claret Red Damask, Tester Bed Incorporating The Arms Of The Dukes Of Hamilton, The Royal Banner Of Scotland & Tree Of Life, sold with new custom-made, luxury, pocket sprung, king-sized mattress 5ft, 150cm wide - With the Royal Banner of The Royal Arms of Scotland In The Tester, the Coat of Arms of the Dukes of Hamilton in the Head Curtain & Tree Of Life In the Bedspread: all Gold, Silver & Polychrome Embroidered. - ‘ I can remember, during the tedious or frightening but always sleepless nights of fire-watchings in wartime London, that the place I longed to be in most intensely was the Red bedroom at Faringdon, with its crackling fire, its Bessarabian carpet with bunchy flowers, and above all its four-post bed, whence from beneath a huge fat fluffy old-fashioned quilt one can gaze out at the view, head still on the pillow... ‘ Nancy Mitford, Essay on Faringdon House, the home of the the real ‘Lord Merlin’, 1950. Mitford affectionately portrayed her great friend Lord Berners as 'Lord Merlin' in Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate. - Created in 1643, the Dukedom of Hamilton is the premier peerdom in Scotland and the third oldest in the United Kingdom. The head-curtain incorporates the coat of arms of the Dukes of Hamilton prior to 1711 when they were combined with the Dukedom of Brandon. The oak tree and inscription ‘Through’ alludes to the tree that Charles II hid in at Boscobel in 1651. The inscription ‘Sola Nobilitas Virtus‘ translates as ‘For Virtue is the only Nobility’. - The tester incorporates the Royal Banner of Scotland. The earliest recorded use of the lion rampant as a royal emblem in Scotland was in 1222. Since 1603, the lion rampant of Scotland has been incorporated into both the royal arms and royal banners of Scottish and British monarchs. - Beds symbolise life and the Tree of Life is a significant, cross-cultural symbol; symbolising health, growth, strength, flowering, abundance and longevity. - PROVENANCE : ‘The Red Bedroom’ was the main guest bedroom at Faringdon House, the home of Lord Berners, composer, writer, painter, from 1918 until his death in 1950. Faringdon House was the centre of a glittering social circle during the 1920’s and 30’s and guests included Evelyn Waugh, Siegfried Sassoon, John Betjaman, The Mitford Sisters, Salvador Dali, HG Wells and Gertrude Stein. Many famous guests slept in the "Red Bed", including Salvador and Gala Dali and Nancy Mitford. It is not known where Lord Berners acquired this tester bed and research is underway to see if documentary evidence can be found relating to the history of this tester bed before acquisition by Lord Berners - Hamilton Palace, home to the Dukes of Hamilton for nearly 300 years was furnished with treasures to rival the Royal Collection. Exquisite furniture, famed paintings, coveted objets d’art, finds from antiquity: it was the hoard of a family Daniel Defoe once called ‘great possessors.’ There were two enormous auctions at Hamilton Palace in 1882 and 1919 and the stately home was condemned for demolition in 1921. Many of the treasures from Hamilton Palace are now on display in international museums and collections. National Museums Scotland, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the British Museum, the National Trust, the Louvre, Lennoxlove House and Boston Museum of Fine Arts. - Chippendale period, mahogany, tester bedstead with finely carved, fluted and reeded baluster columnar front posts surmounted by a moulded cornice. Re-upholstered in a two-tone claret red damask, with red and gold passementerie replacing the previous threadbare silk damask. The banner, armorial and tree of life embroidery...

A Chippendale style queen size poster bed by Councill Craftsmen. Mahogany with solid headboard, four rice carved posts with finials, brass hardware, bolt h...

A Chippendale Mahogany Night Stand featuring fine quality veneered drawer fronts, solid mahogany cabriole legs and dovetailed drawers. Each leg an...

A mahogany bombay bedside chest of drawers, the rectangular molded edge top above a brushing slide with three shaped serpentine and graduated drawers be...