A CHIPPENDALE FOUR POSTER BED, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1775 the...
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€6,000
A CHIPPENDALE FOUR POSTER BED, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1775 the stop-fluted front posts above 'Marlborough' legs and block feet joined by a footrail, the back with octagonal shaped posts joined by a head rail, the frame with later a floral silk pelmet. 209cm high, 218cm long, 156cm wide Provenance: Dawesfield House, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA Lots 92 - 175 form part of the original contents of Dawesfield, Lewis Lane, Ambler, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - an iconic American farmhouse built by Abraham Dawes and by descent through generations of the female line. It served as the Revolutionary Headquarters of General George Washington from 20th October until 2nd November, 1777. Marlborough or ‘Marlboro’ square legs were popular in eighteenth century American bedsteads. The tapered square section of the Marlborough legs offer themselves as sturdy pedestals to the pillars of the bed. The term was first recorded in the Bristol Journal in 1783, ‘For Sale. A neat Mahogany Marlboro Bedstead’. However, this style of square leg ostensibly takes its name from George Spencer, the 4th Duke of Marlborough, to whom William Ince and John Mayhew dedicated their book The Universal System of Household Furniture (1759-62). A similar fourposter bed from Philadelphia is part of the Winterthur Museum collection.
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209cm high 218cm long 156cm wide 191cm high to tester Mattress sits on rails 31cm off the ground level Canopy fabric is a later replacement Strong and sturdy Some surface scuffing An old split line to one corner post, see images Inside measurements to accept mattress 139 x 198cm Floor to bottom of headboard panel: 50cm Floor to top pf headboard panel: 75cm Canopy rail is made of heavily stained hardwood, possibly cherry Footrail apparently mahogany No signs of active woodworm See images
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A CHIPPENDALE FOUR POSTER BED, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1775 the stop-fluted front posts above 'Marlborough' legs and block feet joined by a footrail, the back with octagonal shaped posts joined by a head rail, the frame with later a floral silk pelmet. 209cm high, 218cm long, 156cm wide Provenance: Dawesfield House, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA Lots 92 - 175 form part of the original contents of Dawesfield, Lewis Lane, Ambler, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - an iconic American farmhouse built by Abraham Dawes and by descent through generations of the female line. It served as the Revolutionary Headquarters of General George Washington from 20th October until 2nd November, 1777. Marlborough or ‘Marlboro’ square legs were popular in eighteenth century American bedsteads. The tapered square section of the Marlborough legs offer themselves as sturdy pedestals to the pillars of the bed. The term was first recorded in the Bristol Journal in 1783, ‘For Sale. A neat Mahogany Marlboro Bedstead’. However, this style of square leg ostensibly takes its name from George Spencer, the 4th Duke of Marlborough, to whom William Ince and John Mayhew dedicated their book The Universal System of Household Furniture (1759-62). A similar fourposter bed from Philadelphia is part of the Winterthur Museum collection.
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209cm high 218cm long 156cm wide 191cm high to tester Mattress sits on rails 31cm off the ground level Canopy fabric is a later replacement Strong and sturdy Some surface scuffing An old split line to one corner post, see images Inside measurements to accept mattress 139 x 198cm Floor to bottom of headboard panel: 50cm Floor to top pf headboard panel: 75cm Canopy rail is made of heavily stained hardwood, possibly cherry Footrail apparently mahogany No signs of active woodworm See images
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