Elizabethan Bedroom Furniture

An antique English Elizabethan figural full size bed offers oak construction with carved and pierced crest having foliate elements and flanking griffIns over head and foot boards wit...

For sale is an Elizabethan style carved oak four poster bed. Having a carved and moulded cornice enclosing a paneled canopy. The headboard has four...

For sale is a superb quality Elizabethan style carved oak four-poster bed. The paneled canopy above a carved headboard with arched panels over plain square panels, joining the bed frame. The canopy is supported by two opposing gadrooned bulbous columns, terminating on a square paneled base. The bed is in excellent condition and is suitable for a king-size mattress. Measures: Width 73.25", depth 94.5", height 84" Mattress size: Width 5ft, depth 6ft 6". This bed was purchased from Boringdon Hall, Plymouth, England. Boringdon hall dates back to the Domesday Book (1086AD) where the first mention of a permanent structure was recorded. The name Boringdon originates from the Saxon Burth-Y-Don, meaning enchanted place on the hill. In 956AD Kind Edgar granted the Manor of Boringdon & Wembury to St Peter of Plympton, meaning it was the property of the priory until the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII in 1539, he later granted the property to Thomas Wriothesely, the Earl of Southampton. Wriothesely sold the manor to Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, who was the father of Lady Jane Grey...

For sale is a fine example of an early 19th century Elizabethan style four-poster bed. Having a deep carved floral pattern around the entire canopy, supported by turned columns featuring bulbous cup and cover, gadrooned, stiff leaf carved supports, over classical guilloche carving, which can be seen throughout this piece. The foot board has four diamond carved panels. The head board is also complete with a further eight carved diamond panels, over a further four linen fold panels. The underside of the canopy is also decorated with diamond panels with a crown motif to the centre. The bed is in very good condition and would grace any bedroom. The bed has some slight wear commensurate with age and use. Provenance: This bed was purchased from Boringdon Hall, Plymouth, England. Boringdon hall dates back to the Domesday Book (1086AD)where the first mention of a permanent structure was recorded. The name Boringdon originates from the Saxon Burth-Y-Don, meaning enchanted place on the hill. In 956AD Kind Edgar granted the Manor of Boringdon & Wembury to St Peter of Plympton, meaning it was the property of the priory until the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII in 1539, he later granted the property to Thomas Wriothesely, the Earl of Southampton. Wriothesely sold the the manor to Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, who was the father of Lady Jane Grey...