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Lot 96TP

A George III oak four-poster bedstead, circa 1800

31 January 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £3,750 inc. premium

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A George III oak four-poster bedstead, circa 1800

The baluster and 'urn'-turned end-posts with square-section tapering ends and spade feet, the plain head posts joined by a twin-panelled headboard, together with a pelmet of 18th century crewel-work, decorated with flowers and birds, and hung from iron rods, 140cm wide x 295cm deep x 203.5cm high, (55in wide x 116in deep x 80in high)

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Provenance:
Mr R. Bowerman, The Antiquary, Burford, Oxfordshire
Purchased by Roger Warner in 1935
Roger Warner's private collection, High Street, Burford, Oxfordshire, 1936 - 2009
Sold Christie's, The Roger Warner Collection, 20 - 21 January 2009, Lot 333

See 'Roger Warner: Memoirs of a Twentieth Century Antique Dealer', The Journal of the Regional Furniture Society, Vol. XVII, 2013, p. 28, pl. 8, for an illustration of Bowerman's antique shop, on the opposite side of Burford High Street from Roger Warner's shop.

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