Offered by Antiquités Saint Jean
Superb Consulat period bed in mahogany.
Uprights in sheath on casters, beautiful flamed mahogany.
Rich ornamentation of gilded and patinated bronzes, finely chiseled.
On the uprights: busts of Egyptian women, cassolettes, falls, quivers with winged lions and lion's heads in medallions.
On the crosspiece: dragons facing each other around a winged mask with palmette.
Varnished with a stamp.
Rare model, to be compared with the work of Jacob Desmalter for the bed of Napoleon at the Château de la Malmaison.
Around 1800.
Height : front legs 134 cm, back legs 142 cm.
Width : 202 cm.
Depth : 128 cm.
Bedding : 180 cm x 118 cm.