A RARE HENRY VIII OAK FOUR POSTER BED,

A RARE HENRY VIII OAK FOUR POSTER BED, basically early 16th century, the posts carved with triangular flowerheads centred by a boss and the headboard with four conforming rectangular panels beneath two panels carved with opposing dragons with long tongues and entwined fleur-de-lis tails, the later "tented" canopy covered in figured green and gold damask, 55" wide x 84" long The bed is sold with all the bedding and drapes excluding the Suzani coverlet which is the next lot. This exceptionally rare bed may be compared to the "Stanley Bed", which Victor Chinney dates to c1500-1530 and illustrates in "Oak Furniture: The British Tradition", published 1979, page 387-388, fig 3:457.