AUSTRIAN TYROLEAN POLYCHROME-DECORATED BED LATE 19TH CENTURY

The listing

An Austrian Tyrolean Polychrome decorated bed from the late 19th century. The bed is from the estate of the tobacco heiress Doris Duke's Beverly Hills home Falcon Lair. Provenance--Christie's New York's Doris Duke Collection auction 2004. The scalloped panelled tester has suspending bells on bobbins and baluster-turned posts, the triangular headboard and panels are painted with hearts and flowers. Truly a one of a kind folk art find. 111½ in. (283 cm.) high, 49½ in. (126 cm.) wide, 80 in. (203 cm.) deep