Lot 178
REGENCY MAHOGANY AND BRASS CAMPAIGN FOUR POSTER BED BY MORGAN AND SANDERS, LONDON
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Fine Furniture and Works of Art
Auction: 27 September 2017 at 11:00 BST
Description
with reeded and fluted front posts carved with wheat stalks, on short baluster legs with brass capped feet; the folding oak bed frame bearing an engraved brass trade plaque, 'Patent/ Morgan & Sanders Manufacturers/ 16&17 Catherine Street, Strand, London’; with a modern mattress and yellow and wine red hangings
Dimensions
169cm wide, 242cm high, 203cm long
Footnote
Provenance:
The Duke of Sutherland
The Constantine Collection, Lyon & Turnbull, October 2007, lot 549
Literature: An Identical Morgan & Sanders plaque can be seen on a folding chair bed, illustrated in C. Gilbert, 'Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture, 1700 1840', pg. 346-347, figs, 668-672.
Note: Established in 1800, Thomas Morgan and Joseph Sanders' cabinet making firm of was one of London's most successful of the early nineteenth century. Specialists in metamorphic and campaign furniture, Morgan and Sanders innovative multi-functional designs were highly sought after by wealthy patrons, including several members of the Royal Family and Lord Nelson. They held numerous patents, and the skilled execution and craftsmanship of their furniture reinforced their standing. Today their pieces, especially the rare item bearing their nameplate, are particularly desirable.