Bed
after Robert Adam (Kirkcaldy 1728 - London 1792)
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1764
Materials
Mahogany
Measurements
2070 mm (Height)
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Croome Park, Worcestershire
NT 170978.2.1
Summary
Left hand head-post of a George III mahogany four-poster bedstead. Supplied by France and Bradburn after a design by Robert Adam.
Provenance
Designed by Robert Adam in 1763 and supplied to The Earl of Coventry by Messrs. France and Blackburn in 1764. Loaned to The National Trust by The Croome Heritage Trust in December 2007.
Makers and roles
after Robert Adam (Kirkcaldy 1728 - London 1792), designer France and Bradburn , furniture supplier
References
Coleridge, 2000: A.Coleridge. “English furniture supplied for Croome Court: Robert Adam and the 6th Earl of Coventry.” Apollo February (2000): pp.8-19., p.14, plates 10-11 Harris, 2001: Eileen Harris, The Genius of Robert Adam. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2001