Advance, corner posts and frieze of bedstead, The bedstead has cornerposts with a baseboard on the base, a hermlantlant on the left, a hermcaryatide on the right. The shaft rejuvenating downwards shows a scaly stitch. The figures appear half naked, one arm on the back, with the other covering their body wrapped around their waist. Ionic capitals resting on the heads bearing the main frame. This has a frieze, divided into sections by consoles, within which a moresk cartouche with ebony caps around oak cushions. The consoles are treated like lion heads with shell decorations. The frieze is closed at the top with a flat toothed frame, which is swept over the consoles. The oval-shaped profiled cornice rests on small consoles. In the porch, the upper sill (bottom of the architrave) has a hollowed tooth strip with support pieces in the corners. The advance consists of three panels with cornis decorations around a rectangle with a diamond head., anonymous, Northern Netherlands, 1600 - 1650, wood (plant material), oak (wood), h 232 cm × w 202 cm × d 20 cm
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