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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Pair 18th Century Antique French Four Poster Tester Canopy Cherry Twin Beds
Located in Portland, OR
A good pair of antique 18th century French Provincial cherry four post tester beds, circa 1780.
This very near identical pair of antique French four poster beds, both are full tester beds...
Category
French French Provincial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Cherry, Damask
French 18th Century Louis XV Painted
Gilt Queen Bed
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A quality Louis XV Period carved and gold gilt queen bed frame. The four piece frame has classic carvings of Rococo influenced Louis XV style with flamboyant carvings and gold gilt c...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Gold
18th Century French Louis XV Bordelaise Commode
Located in Winter Park, FL
An 18th century French Louis XV commode, or chest of drawers, from the Bordeaux region made of solid mahogany. Nice proportions and bombé form with serpentine front. Original Rouge R...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Marble, Brass
French Louis XVI Period Walnut Lit en Bibliotheque, ca. 1780
Located in Atlanta, GA
constructed of light walnut in the late 18th century this remarkable "murphy bed" disguised as a bookcase cabinet complete with antique book spines ...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Leather, Walnut
A French Louis XVI painted and carved daybed, 18th C
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Louis XVI painted and carved daybed, 18th C. Beautifully carved with with spiral fluted columns supporting upholstered head and footboards, top...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Wood
18th Century American Four Post Bed Salem Massachusetts
Located in Hudson, NY
Beautiful American 18th century four poster bed retaining original red finish. Likely from Salem Massachusetts, this early Survivor is in...
Category
American Federal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
Spanish Rustic Door with Original Hand Forged Iron Pull
Located in Barcelona, ES
18th century Spanish solid oak antique rustic door with carved panels and hang forged iron pull adorned with a scallop shell.
This door comes from Galicia, the Northern part of Spain.
The handle is adorned by the an iron scallop shell, this shell is part of a system to open the door and symbol of the 'Camino de Santiago' from centuries.
This door can be displayed as a wall decoration but also interesting to be used as headboard...
Category
Spanish Rustic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Iron
$3,112 Sale Price
20% Off
Swedish Late 18th Century Neoclassical Painted Bed with Medallions
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish neoclassical period painted rams head bed from the late 18th century, with new mattress, box spring and upholstery. Created in Sweden during the later years of the 18th cen...
Category
Swedish Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Wood
Late 18th Century Swedish Painted Pull Out Bed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Late 18th century very unusual, all original Swedish country house pull out bed. The original paint, applied with a traditional hand and comb painting technique, from natural pigments such as ochre browns, oxblood red and cobalt green, are still very much intact. Age appropriate wear have left a smooth patina around edges and seat. Wooden nails.
Bed can either be pulled out to desired depth, all the way to 49 inches or be left as a narrow bed...
Category
Swedish Rustic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Pine
$4,200 Sale Price
46% Off
English Chippendale Painted
Gilt Stenciling Marriage Bed with Orig. Silk, 1770
Located in Charleston, SC
English Chippendale hand painted and gilded marriage bed with original silk and bell flower coverings, central gilt carved shell cornice, flanking gilt ca...
Category
English Chippendale Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Gesso, Silk, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Rare Pair 18th Century Venetian Paint Decorated Marble Top Commodes Nightstands
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This rare pair of 18th century Venetian paint-decorated marble top commodes nightstands exemplifies the opulence and artistry of Italian Rococo furniture...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Marble, Iron
$4,360 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. Giltwood king size headboard
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and most decorative Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. Giltwood king size headboard. This wonderful upholstered headboard is richly decorated at the top with a central Gil...
Category
Italian Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
18th Century French Louis XV Marble Top Commode
Located in Winter Park, FL
An 18th century French Louis XV style marble top serpentine front marquetry commode. Made of solid walnut with inlaid marquetry veneer of walnut. Original 1.25" thick marble top. Bra...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Marble, Brass
18th Century Italian Venetian Carved and Polychrome Headboard
Located in Vero Beach, FL
18th Century Italian Venetian Carved and Polychrome Headboard
18th century hand carved baroque frame with ochre polychrome, flower spreads
and partly gilded decoration. The wall mou...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Textile, Wood
Pair of Italian 18th Century Louis XVI Nightstands, Marble Top, Marquetry, 1780
Located in Firenze, IT
This exceptional pair of Italian Louis XVI nightstands, originating from the skilled workshops of Tuscany circa 1780, represents a refined example of 18th-century Italian craftsmansh...
Category
Italian Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Marble
Pair 19th Century Bombay Curved Swedish Nightstands / Side Tables
Located in Silvolde, Gelderland
Pair of 19th-century Swedish bedside tables in Rococo style, featuring an elegant curvilinear silhouette and hand-painted finish in soft beige with green detailing. These charming ni...
Category
Swedish Country Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Pine
$2,154 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Bed Tester Spanish Baroque Carved Dark Green
Gilded Leather Superking 6ft180cm
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare, Spanish Demi-Tester, Baroque Bed With Carved, Green Painted & Gilded Posts 181cm, 6ft High, Floral Painted Leather Headboard, sold with custom made box spring mattress base, ac...
Category
Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Giltwood, Paint
Bed Italian Venetian Painted Trompe L’œil Baroque Fortuny Superking 6ft 180cm
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Magnificent, 18th Century, Venetian, Trompe-L’œil, Painted, Bed, Superking 6ft, 180cm wide, With Massive 213cm, 6ft 10in Shaped Headboard & 149cm, 5ft Shaped Footboard & Fortuny Bedcover, sold with new custom made box-spring mattress base...
Category
European Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Paint
Rare Sculpted Colonial Portuguese 17th/18th C. Jacaranda Queen Bed Antique LA CA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Rare Sculpted Colonial Portuguese 17th/18th C. Jacaranda Queen Bed Antique LA CA , detailed with a cartouches and Outstanding Torsade Posts Dimensions: Height: 82” Depth:78 ½” Width: 57” (between full and queen ) more queen size . Fine Sculpted Colonial Portuguese 17th/18th C. Jacaranda Bed...
Category
Portuguese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Metal
$35,250 Sale Price
25% Off
Portuguese Canopy Bed
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Rare Canopy bed in mahogany, richly carved with palm leaves, foliage and plants. The headboard is decorated with a nice painting representing the Virgin sur...
Category
Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$47,876
English Mahogany Four-Poster Gadrooned Tester Bed with Marlboro Feet, Circa 1760
Located in Charleston, SC
English mahogany four-poster bed with gadrooned serpentine tester, carved reeded and floral post and terminating on Marlboro feet with original brass casters. Bed is queen-size. Cust...
Category
English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Fine Sculpted Queen Bed Portuguese 17th/18th C. Jacaranda Wood torsade Posts
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Fine Sculpted Queen Bed Portuguese 17th/18th C. Jacaranda Wood torsade Posts , detailed with a Outstanding Torsade Posts Dimensions: Height” 80” Depth 81” Width: 64” More queen , less king, Deep attention to details with various Scrolls the perfect bed for a Grand bedroom fit for a palace room. An incredible find for your interior design and to elevate your home Bedroom , master bedroom. The workmanship is impeccable and apparent in the hand carving throughout this master piece.
A unique imposing piece of Art to acquire, a conversation piece and a show piece all at the same time With A magnificent height of the bed that stands at 6Feet 8 Inches Tall. A Baroque bed richly carved with leaves foliage and plants and shell motifs. Signs of the centuries as seen in the pictures, cracks losses strong old restorations etc. ... overall good condition. Rare antique with intricate carvings throughout. with interwoven floral designs foliage and plants, crests shells motifs and flambeau with detailed long hand turned profusely mounted with spiral-twist spindles carved with spiral moldings. An incredible find Extremely fine Sculpted Colonial Portuguese 17th/18th Century Jacaranda Bed...
Category
Portuguese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Wood, Jacaranda
$24,750 Sale Price
25% Off
English Chippendale Cuban Mahogany Foliage Tester Bed with Marlboro Feet, C 1770
Located in Charleston, SC
English Chippendale Cuban Mahogany four poster bed with carved foliage acanthus reeded foot post, tapered head post, serpentine headboard, gadrooned molded edge tester, and resting ...
Category
English Chippendale Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Brass
IMPORTANT BISHOP JAMES STANLEY 1508 KING HENRY VII ENGLiSH OAK TUDOR TESTER BED
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly important, Museum quality, English Tudor King Henry VII Oak tester bed...
Category
English Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Oak
LARGE
IMPORTANT ANTiQUE CIRCA 1600 CHARLES I DOCUMENTED ENGLISH OAK TESTER BED
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly important, Museum quality, extra large framed, Documented English oak Tester bed...
Category
English Jacobean Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Oak
Huge 18th C. Venetian Larger Then California King Bed Crest Finials Panel Board
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Huge 18th C. Venetian Larger Then California King Bed Crest Finials Panel Board. Imposing circa 1700’s Venetian bed detailed with cartouches. Composed of two smaller frames. Exquisit...
Category
Italian Classical Greek Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$72,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique William and Mary Quality Oak Panelled Rocking Crib
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique William and Mary quality oak panelled rocking crib having a quality oak shaped hood with a lift up canopy, four turned finales, lovely oak panels ...
Category
English William and Mary Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Oak
Italian Gilt Bed in Period Red Walnut
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
A rarely found red Italian walnut gilded double bed, the piece was made by the highest quality cabinet maker of the time, hence it survives so well today, the beautifully drawn Itali...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Wood, Walnut
$30,750 Sale Price
20% Off
New England painted and grained hooded rocking cradle, 1780-1810
Located in Kenilworth, IL
New England painted Northern white pine hooded rocking cradle. The cradle retains its original blue milk paint interior and grain painted exterior.
American,...
Category
American Rustic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Pine, Paint
$420 Sale Price
30% Off
18th Pair of Spanish Walnut Nightstands with Marble Top and Inlays
Located in Miami, FL
These elegant, antique bedside tables were created in Spain, circa 1800. Both matching cabinets are made of solid walnut; they have a recessed center carved door flanked by a pair of inlay...
Category
Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Walnut
English Chippendale Mahogany Four-Poster Bed, Circa 1770
Located in Charleston, SC
English Chippendale mahogany and deil four-poster bed with decorative bulbous, fluted and acanthus carved post, terminating on squared plinths with Marlboro feet. Bed is queen-size w...
Category
English Chippendale Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
18th Century French Hand Carved Hand Painted Wooden Baby Crib or Bed Frame
Located in Sofia, BG
18th century antique charming and colourful hand carved and hand painted wooden baby crib or bed frame made in France. It is in very good authentic condition with no restorations made so far.
Could be used as a crib...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Wood
$1,287 Sale Price
54% Off
Large Italian Giltwood Bed Canopy
Corona
Located in Houston, TX
Large Italian giltwood bed canopy, or corona (also known in France as a ciel de lit), circa 1760-1780. Hand carved giltwood with painted detail decoration. ...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
18th C gilt and painted queen headboard
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Continental gilt and painted wood headboard form the eighteenth century. This piece was designed to be mounted to a wall and would be mounted up off of the ground to align with your ...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Wood
18th Century Two-Drawer Walnut Side Table Chest on Legs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Petite bedside nightstand or side table commode of walnut. Its rectangular molded top, over two stacked drawers with round brass pulls. The drawers are flanked by stiles carved with ...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of Italian 18th Century Louis XVI Nightstands, Marble Top, Marquetry, 1780
Located in Firenze, IT
This exceptional pair of Italian Louis XVI nightstands, originating from the skilled workshops of Tuscany circa 1780, represents a refined example of 18th-century Italian craftsmansh...
Category
Italian Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Marble
Bed French Carved Painted Old White Susani Upholstered Louis XVI King 150cm 5ft
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Louis XVI, carved & painted, double bed upholstered with susani, woven textile with flowers & lovebirds & custom made bedspread, sold with custo...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Textile, Paint
Antique Four Poster Bed
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A fine late 18th Century large Dutch four-poster bed with exceptional posts and ealy 19th century Italian carved giltwood swans.
The posts with well carved elements: neoclassical urns, capitals, carved turnings and vase sections; their most attractive part is the boxwood and mahogany lined inlay which we haven't seen on English 18th beds.
In addition, unusally, the rails are designed to be seen and made in mahogany and framed with carved and plain astragal beads.
Good sturdy construction, fixed together with steel bolts and will dismantle for shipping.
Needs new drapery hangings and the white fabric around the end posts & headboard should be cleaned or replaced. For the new mattress, we would recommend a box spring mattress with a well (height is saved with part of the box mattress fitting between the rails) and a second mattress on top. But you could also fit lathes and just have the top mattress with cut out corners to fit around the posts: norris bedding custom make such mattresses.
This bed originally had fabric around the top but for an additional cost we could make a wooden cornice...
Category
Dutch Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$19,561
18th Century Italian Walnut Wood Pulpit Canopy
Located in Dallas, TX
This large and attractive architectural piece is known as a pulpit canopy. Before the advent of microphones and speakers, orators would often address assemblies from elevated platforms known as “wine glass pulpits”. These podiums featured domed roofs called abat-voix, sometimes known as sounding boards, that would project sound outwards. Our walnut wood pulpit canopy is a fine example of such a device.
Hand-carved and hand-painted in Italy in the 1700’s, our abat-voix is roughly octagonal in shape. Each of the sides have edges with luxuriously thick step molding, alternating between stained and gilded wood. Each of the corner cornices are adorned with gilded flower carvings, although some are missing. The interior of the canopy features a gilded open sun with sinuous rays emanating all around. Each of the sides are adorned with foliate margents surrounded by scrolls, again with some losses. All the edges are bordered with a thin layer of gilding.
Although our fascinating 18th century Italian walnut pulpit canopy was designed for a church pulpit...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Iron
Antique Luxurious Late 18th Century Royal Dog Bed with French Tapestry and Silk
Located in Doha, QA
This one of a kind magnificent Dog/Pet Bed is a true luxury item for your beloved Pet. The Bed is upholstered with 18th century French Aubusson Tapestry and antique French Silk, comp...
Category
French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Tapestry, Silk, Velvet, Wood, Trimming
French 18th Century Directoire Bed
Located in Stockbridge, GA
French 18th century Directoire bed.
Category
French Directoire Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Wood
Gustavian Daybed with Elegantly Carved Amphora Motifs
Located in PARIS, FR
This stunning Gustavian daybed, dating back to the 18th century, is a perfect example of Swedish neoclassical elegance. Known for its graceful simplicity and refined proportions, the...
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Wood
Italian Neoclassical Painted
Gilt Foliage Medallion Fluted Day Bed, Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
Italian Neoclassical painted and gilt wood red lacquered day bed with fluted serpentine headboards, flanking foliage medallions, reeded posts, foliage skirts, and resting on fluted r...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
18th Century French Louis XV Period Tulipwood Chevet with Inset Marble Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th century French Louis XV period tulipwood chevet with 3 drawers & inset marble top.
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Marble
George II Mahogany Bedside Cupboard
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine George II mahogany bedside cabinet having scalloped top with hand hold cut outs, over open shelf above pull-out platform now with leather lining, over scalloped apron and standi...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Rare Sculpted Colonial Portuguese 17th/18th C. Jacaranda King Bed Antique LA CA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Rare Sculpted Colonial Portuguese 17th/18th C. Jacaranda King Bed Antique LA CA detailed with cartouches. Dimensions: Height: 103” Width: 67” Depth:93 ½” Comparable to Cal King...
Category
Portuguese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Hardwood, Jacaranda
$60,000 Sale Price
25% Off
17th Century Italian Baroque Carved
Polychrome Painted Putto Lintel Headboard
Located in Encinitas, CA
Late 17th century Italian Baroque lintel carved in triangular shape with acanthus scrolls, centered by a winged cherub face. Polychrome painted. Superb Italian craftsmanship. Previously refinished. Currently mounted to an upholstered headboard panel; could be remounted professionally to another substrate.
Carved lintel...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Wood
$11,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine Georgian Bedside Cupboard
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine George III Mahogany bedside cabinet in the manner of Thomas Chippendale, the scalloped gallery top over double doors featuring exceptional veneers and "rope-twist' inlay and ori...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage English Made Mahogany Chippendale Style 4 Chairback King Size Headboard
By Arthur Brett
Located in North Salem, NY
An Arthur Brett Vintage Chippendale Style Mahogany Four Chairback King Size Headboard, a breathtaking centerpiece that effortlessly merges classic elegance with timeless craftsmanshi...
Category
English Chippendale Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$3,262 Sale Price
25% Off
MID-18th CENTURY DOUBLE BED HEADBOARD WITH EMBROIDERY
Located in Firenze, FI
Refined double bed headboard with regular dimensions, made of carved wood and embellished with a painted frame. The background fabric is in fine gold-colored silk velvet. The embroid...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Silk, Wood
18th Century Georgian Mahogany Bedside Night Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Extremely Attractive And Very Good Quality 18th Century, George III, Chippendale Period Mahogany Bedside Night Table, Or Pot Cupboard, Having Well Figured Galleried Top With Attra...
Category
English Chippendale Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Italian Renaissance Walnut Queen Headboard
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance-style (18th Century) walnut headboard with an open design top under a panel door design (originally a confessional having a Jesuit logo)
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Antique 18th Century Heavily Carved Four Poster Bed Sublime Detail Must See
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare original circa 1780 English hand carved Mahogany four post bed.
These beds are about as rar...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Large Solid Mahogany Boat Bed from the Empire Period
Located in Paris, FR
Large boat bed in solid mahogany flamed, mahogany veneer, with rich decoration of finely chased and gilded bronzes, Empire period. Four baluster uprights, dec...
Category
French Empire Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Wood
Ciel de Lit, 18th Century
Located in New Orleans, LA
Also known as a baldacchino, baldaquin, or baldachin. It showcases intricate craftsmanship with gilded metallic elements. The decorative motifs include festooned garlands, floral pat...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Wood
Extremely Rare Italian Rococo “Lacca Comodino”, 17th-18th Century, Venice
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Extremely rare Italian Rococo “Lacca Comodino”, 17th-18th century, Venice
Chamber pot lift-top bedside commode with polychrome painted decoration. This beautiful furniture has a lif...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Wood
Bed Tester Mahogany Chippendale Claret Red Damask Duke Hamilton Scotland Banner
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
The Faringdon House, Chippendale Period, Mahogany, Claret Red Damask, Tester Bed Incorporating The Arms Of The Dukes Of Hamilton, The Royal Banner Of Scotland & Tree Of Life, sold with new custom-made, luxury, pocket sprung, king-sized mattress 5ft, 150cm wide
- With the Royal Banner of The Royal Arms of Scotland In The Tester, the Coat of Arms of the Dukes of Hamilton in the Head Curtain & Tree Of Life In the Bedspread: all Gold, Silver & Polychrome Embroidered.
- ‘ I can remember, during the tedious or frightening but always sleepless nights of fire-watchings in wartime London, that the place I longed to be in most intensely was the Red bedroom at Faringdon, with its crackling fire, its Bessarabian carpet with bunchy flowers, and above all its four-post bed, whence from beneath a huge fat fluffy old-fashioned quilt one can gaze out at the view, head still on the pillow... ‘ Nancy Mitford, Essay on Faringdon House, the home of the the real ‘Lord Merlin’, 1950. Mitford affectionately portrayed her great friend Lord Berners as 'Lord Merlin' in Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate.
- Created in 1643, the Dukedom of Hamilton is the premier peerdom in Scotland and the third oldest in the United Kingdom. The head-curtain incorporates the coat of arms of the Dukes of Hamilton prior to 1711 when they were combined with the Dukedom of Brandon. The oak tree and inscription ‘Through’ alludes to the tree that Charles II hid in at Boscobel in 1651. The inscription ‘Sola Nobilitas Virtus‘ translates as ‘For Virtue is the only Nobility’.
- The tester incorporates the Royal Banner of Scotland. The earliest recorded use of the lion rampant as a royal emblem in Scotland was in 1222. Since 1603, the lion rampant of Scotland has been incorporated into both the royal arms and royal banners of Scottish and British monarchs.
- Beds symbolise life and the Tree of Life is a significant, cross-cultural symbol; symbolising health, growth, strength, flowering, abundance and longevity.
- PROVENANCE : ‘The Red Bedroom’ was the main guest bedroom at Faringdon House, the home of Lord Berners, composer, writer, painter, from 1918 until his death in 1950. Faringdon House was the centre of a glittering social circle during the 1920’s and 30’s and guests included Evelyn Waugh, Siegfried Sassoon, John Betjaman, The Mitford Sisters, Salvador Dali, HG Wells and Gertrude Stein. Many famous guests slept in the "Red Bed", including Salvador and Gala Dali and Nancy Mitford. It is not known where Lord Berners acquired this tester bed and research is underway to see if documentary evidence can be found relating to the history of this tester bed before acquisition by Lord Berners
- Hamilton Palace, home to the Dukes of Hamilton for nearly 300 years was furnished with treasures to rival the Royal Collection. Exquisite furniture, famed paintings, coveted objets d’art, finds from antiquity: it was the hoard of a family Daniel Defoe once called ‘great possessors.’ There were two enormous auctions at Hamilton Palace in 1882 and 1919 and the stately home was condemned for demolition in 1921. Many of the treasures from Hamilton Palace are now on display in international museums and collections. National Museums Scotland, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the British Museum, the National Trust, the Louvre, Lennoxlove House and Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
- Chippendale period, mahogany, tester bedstead with finely carved, fluted and reeded baluster columnar front posts surmounted by a moulded cornice. Re-upholstered in a two-tone claret red damask, with red and gold passementerie replacing the previous threadbare silk damask. The banner, armorial and tree of life embroidery...
Category
British Chippendale Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Damask, Mahogany
Portuguese Carved and Turned Bed Comprising 17th Century Elements
Located in Dallas, TX
A Portuguese bed of carved and turned rosewood with 17th century elements, the headboard profusely mounted with spiral-twist spindles and the footboard be...
Category
Portuguese Moorish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair Queen Anne Leather Embossed Single Beds
Located in Swadlincote, GB
Outstanding and rare pair of Queen Anne style leather imbossed, silvered and painted leather beds with silvered crests and feet, and painted supports, in superb original condition.
...
Category
English Queen Anne Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Leather
$2,052 / item
Exceptional 18th-Century Bed with Oil Painting and Gilded Woodwork
Located in Madrid, ES
This magnificent 18th-century bed is a stunning example of period craftsmanship and artistry. The bed features intricately carved and gilded wood, demonstrating expert woodworking te...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bedroom Furniture
Materials
Fruitwood
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Headboards With Table
Henredon Queen Bed
John Widdicomb Headboards
King Size Cane Headboard
Louis Xvi Twin Beds
Lucite King Bed
Maple Wood Headboards
Mcm Headboard
Mid Century Teak King Bed
Oak Full Bed
Painted Cane Bed