An Edwardian carved mahogany and cane bedhead and footboard, early 20th century

George III style, each with a trellis motif above cane reserves, joined by supporting rails and including a modern box base and a modern mattress

H. Avray Tipping, English Homes, Period V - Vol. I, Early Georgian, 1714-1760, London, 1921, p. 134. Possibly that illustrated in the King's Bedchamber, now the Duke's Bedroom at Compton Place, Eastbourne, Sussex;
The Duchess of Devonshire, Chatsworth, The House, London, 2002, p. 203, illustrated in the Canning Room, Chatsworth;
Charlotte Mosley, The World of Interiors, ‘Debo’s Delights’, September 2010, p. 87. Illustrated in the Prince's Bedroom.

Mattress and box base with modern low fire resistant labels. Complies with BS 7177 : 1989. The lower cross bar of each with signs of wood worm. The central cane panel of the footboard with pushed through cane. Some old marks and scratches.
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The Edwardian components of this bed were restored by Robert J Getty when Clerk of Works on the Chatsworth estate. This model was then copied for beds at the Devonshire Arms Hotel at Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire and other properties.