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A handsome George III mahogany four poster canopy bed, the front turned cluster baluster posts with beaded and laurel carved detail, terminating on a painted green and gilded period arched canopy, block base supports, oak base sketches, with Empire period French mahogany reeded head board, inverted and inset with bronze lion head masks, with original yellow satin upholstery, with textile panels and valames, approx 280cm h, 188cm w and 216cm l. Ink inscription on inside of painted canopy reads 'R Honb Lord Harrowby care keep dry' (The bed formerly the property of the Rt Hon The Earl of Shrewsbury, late of Sanden Hall, Stafford, Important Two Day Sale, 18th century and other furniture 23-24 November 1961, Henry Spencer & Sons sold £42. Historical note - during his visit to Sanden Hall, Charles X of France occupied this bed. Charles X reigned from 1824-1830. Brother of the unfortunate Louis XVI and of Louis XVIII, he was born at \Versailles in October 1757, died at Goritz Austria 6th November 1836. Married when Comte d'Artois at Versailles, 16 November 1773, Marie Theresa of Savoy, second daughter of Sardinia. The headboard was made for the bed and fitted to celebrate his visit to Sanden hall. Formerly the bed and its type would have had no headboard in the 18th century.) Together with a late 18th century pine and leather studded square box, with hinged cover, opening to reveal old damask, the box approx 74 x 65cm (2)
A Chinese Hardwood and Rosewood Four Post Canopy Bed, early 20th century, with soft mat top set within a rectangular frame above high waist carved foliage, supported on cabriole legs with claw feet embellished with animal masks at the shoulder, the footboard and headboard with panels decorated in relief with figures in a landscape with bone highlights, the canopy supported by four posts with decorative fretwork brackets, the decorative apron depicting Chinese dragons, open C scroll canopy above, 160cm by 220cm by 236cm
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