Live Auction 21109The Collection of Ann & Gordon Getty: Wheatland
A GEORGE III CREAM AND POLYCHROME-PAINTED TESTER BED
Lot 212

A GEORGE III CREAM AND POLYCHROME-PAINTED TESTER BED

ATTRIBUTED TO INCE AND MAYHEW, CIRCA 1780

Closed19 October 2023

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A GEORGE III CREAM AND POLYCHROME-PAINTED TESTER BED
ATTRIBUTED TO INCE AND MAYHEW, CIRCA 1780
The arched cornice and four fluted posts painted with polychrome floral vinery with conforming decoration and hung with cream and blue silk, decoration largely refreshed and adjusted for a modern mattress, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label
114 in. (289.6 cm.) high, 79 in. (200.7 cm.) wide, 88 in. (223.5 cm.) deep

Supplied to the 4th Duke of Manchester (1737-1788), for Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire.
By descent to the 10th Duke; sold Messrs. Knight, Frank & Rutley, 18-21 July 1949, lot 721.
The Collection of Nancy and Ronald Tree, Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire.
With Mallett, London.
Supplied by Parish-Hadley, New York, to Ann and Gordon Getty in 1976.