A GEORGE III MAHOGANY FOUR POSTER BED

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY FOUR POSTER BED

ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, C.1790 AND LATER

with a pair of turned, ribbed and leaf carved front posts supporting a carved and painted pine serpentine pelmet, pierced and decorated with leaves, with a slatted base and a later mattress

262.5cm high, 182cm wide, 207cm deep

Provenance

From the collection of Edward Croft-Murray CBE (1907-1980).

Catalogue Note

See Susan E. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, Volume 1, p.342, pl.397 for similar carving on a footpost made for Jarrard Strickland in 1785.