An Early George III Mahogany Four Poster Bed and Silk-Covered Tester Attributed to Wright and Elwick, Circa 1765
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June 18, 08:33 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
the pierced scroll-carved cornice covered with later scarlet colored silk damask lined in cream silk, the cluster column front posts interspersed with rope-twist rosettes punctuated by knopped acanthus, with recessed anti-friction steel castors, apparently original
Total height 123 in.; width 80 1/2 in.; depth 86 in.
312.5 cm; 204.5 cm; 219 cm
mattress length 80.5 in; width 70 in.
204.5 cm; 178 cm
Almost certainly supplied to Sir Peter Leicester, 4th Bt. (1732-1770) for Tabley House, Cheshire, by the architect John Carr of York (1723-1807);
By descent until sold from Tabley House by the University of Manchester to benefit the Tabley House Fund; Christie's London, 16 November 1989, lots 74 and 74A;
Mallett at Bourdon House; Sotheby's London, 9 March 2007, lot 1064;
Acquired by Ann Getty from the above;
The Collection of Ann and Gordon Getty: Wheatland, Christie's New York, 18 - 19 October 2023, lot 244.
Percy Macquoid and Ralph Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1954, vol. I, p. 64, fig. 50.
Lanto Synge, Mallett Millennium, London, 2006, fig. 262.
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