The King's Bed
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1900
Materials
Giltwood, Paint, Silk
Place of origin
England
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1166594.2
Summary
The wooden furniture elements of a painted and parcel-gilt double bed frame, English, late 19th/early 20th century, in the French manner. Painted in eau de nil and gilt, and with head- and foot-boards covered in silk with a pattern of floral sprays and curves. The arched headboard topped by a cresting of roses above rails carved with interlaced floral ribands and with acanthus-carved finials.