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Rare early Australian cedar and iron back four poster bed…
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Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
11-Oct-2015
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Description:
Rare early Australian cedar and iron back four poster bed presented with full drapery, decorated in full Regency style, with circa 1820 four posts decorated with ring turning above twisted carved acanthus leaves, spiral twist body above carved pineapples, recessed knolled panels and lobed tapering legs and plain tapering head posts, the head and foot boards are carved in cedar as is the tester, the stretchers are Australian red iron bark, it is presented with full drapery, 210 cm wide, 112 cm deep, 228 cm high. Provence - Miss Fitzpatrick, the Westbury Inn Tasmania, swan Murray and Hain Maitland, Keith Okey collection Sydney (lot 170) reference -m an image of the bed in situ at the Westbury Inn Tasmania can be seen in early Colonial furniture in NSW & van Diemen's Land by Clifford Craig, Kevin Fahy & E Graeme Robertson, published Georgian house, Melbourne, 1980, page 151
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Category:
Unclassified