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The Earl and Countess of Strathmore's bed An Italian green and parcel-gilt four-post bed

CIRCA 1888, IN THE BAROQUE STYLE

细节

The Earl and Countess of Strathmore's bed
An Italian green and parcel-gilt four-post bed
Circa 1888, in the Baroque style
Decorated with trailing vines, carved acanthus and masks, the headboard painted with the Strathmore and Kinghorne Coat-of-Arms and inscribed 'Claude and Cecilia', the tester with a printed paper Hampton & Sons, Ltd., depository label inscribed in ink 'H.M. The Queen Mother., No. 19131' and a side-rail labelled 'From Glamis Castle, 26.11.48', with a later paper property label for Princess Margaret
104 in. (264 cm.) high; 70 in. (178 cm.) wide; 92 in. (234 cm.) long

来源

Claude and Cecilia Bowes-Lyons, 14th and 1st Earl and Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Glamis Castle, Angus
and by descent to their daughter H.M. Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother (1900-2002).

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拍品专文

Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th and 1st Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1855-1944) married Nina Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck (1862-1938) at Petersham, Surrey on 16th July 1888.
According to a label attached to the bed, it was moved from Glamis Castle on 26 November 1948.