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A very fine Edwardian mahogany and flame mahogany veneered Bedroom Suite comprising large double compactum wardrobe with bow fronted ends, a double bedstead with headboard, baseboard, spring support, mattress and connecting rails, etc., a large dressing table having mirrored superstructure, a matching bedside cabinet and a stool on turned tapering fluted legs, the wardrobe, bedstead, dressing table and bedside cabinet superbly crafted and decorated with applied Adam style patera, swags and husks, etc., each piece having central hand decorated oval vignette of classical style maidens, two with instruments allegorical of music, a vignette of cupid and one further vignette of a seated lady sorting flowers allegorical of the seasons, the furniture with gilded cast handles in Adam style and also with gilded locks, wardrobe 89" wide x 89.5" high (5 items)
A George III brass mounted mahogany campaign four poster bedstead, circa 1810, bearing makers brass plaque BUTLERS PATENT NOs 13 & 14 Catherine Street, The Strand, London, 193cm high, 122cm wide, 194cm long. Thomas Butler is recorded as manufacturing furniture from about 1787 to 1814 and is considered to be one of the leading makers of campaign furniture. This bed is detailed in the book British Campaign Furniture, Nicholas A, (2001) pages 102 and 103. This bed is reputed to have previously been in the collection of Lord Byron, although no evidence has been found to substantiate this opinion. an entry in Medora Leigh: A History and Biography (1869) states 'In 1823 Byron and companions were staying at the monastery in Samos hill in Cephalonia. Byron was seized by a violent fit and barricaded himself into his room. He was eventually pacified by Mr Hamilton Brown and went to sleep on Thomas Smith's mattress. Smith recalls how he spent the night on Lord Byron's beautiful and most commodius patent portmanteau bed; with every appliance that profusion of money can provide.'. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
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