Lot 296
  • 296

Three Victorian mahogany bed ends, circa 1840

Estimate
200 - 300 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Mahogany
  • largest: 105cm. high, 127cm. wide; 3ft. 5½in., 4ft. 2in. pair: 106.5cm. high, 99cm. wide; 3ft. 6in., 3ft. 3in.
comprising: a single head and footboard with turned bed knobs and chamfered uprights and a larger single headboard with conforming decoration but with brass cappings and castors

Condition

Well made. The single bed head and board will require new mattress supports and associated bars. This may well require a specially made mattress. The larger single example has none of the elements needed to make up a bed. Mahogany is nice quality but there are scuffs old scuffs and scratches and marks.
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