A Very Large Pair of 17thC French School Oil on Canvas Portraits of the Comtesse de la Rochelle & Rene Ferdinand de Precipiano, Baron de Cuse c.1630-40; Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire antiques and expensive at the time

and expensive at the time

The popularity of bamboo furniture particularly for bedrooms continued after the death of George IV

on central turned support

survives from the mid to late twentieth century

but clearly someone treasured this rouwbord enough to get it the very best of care

A Very Large Pair of 17thC French School Oil on Canvas Portraits of the Comtesse de la Rochelle & Rene Ferdinand de Precipiano, Baron de Cuse c.1630-40; Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire antiques and expensive at the timeOrigin: French Period: Louis XIII Provenance: Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire (Possibly from the Collection of William Beckford) Date: c. 1630 40 Heights: 94. 5 Widths: 53. 5 (each & in frames) The very large French School oil on canvas portraits at approximately eight feet high each, in faux grained painted frames, depicting the Comtesse de la Rochelle and Rene Ferdinand de Precipiano, Baron de Cuse, both in their splendour, amongst country house settings