Lot 388 | Splendid baroque fir wood bed with episcopal coat of arms

SPLENDID BAROQUE FIR WOOD BED WITH EPISCOPAL COAT OF ARMS.

South Germany.
Date: Dated 1734.
Technique: Carved, partially painted fir wood. Embroideries.
Description: Richly decorated foot and head piece with blossoms, acanthus leaves, volutes and
rocailles. In reserves dated 17 AD 34 and Maria Immaculata.
Measurement: Length 199cm, Width (lying surface) 117cm


Provenance:
Private collection Rhineland.
Lempertz auction 585, November 1981, Lot 2114.
Literature:
Ritz, Gislind: Alte geschnitzte Bauernmöbel. Munich 1974. Type comp. p.167.
Ritz, Gislind u. Josef M.: Alte bemalte Bauernmöbel. Munich 1975. Type comp. p.112.
Due to the crest being decorated with a prelate's hat with six tassels in green on both sides, it is probably the coat of arms of an auxiliary bishop. Unfortunately, a definitive identification was not yet possible.