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A Jacobean style carved oak overmantel or tester headboard
late 19th Century, probably incorporating earlier carvings,
the cornice, convex in section and carved with repeating flowerheads, the central panel carved in relief with an armorino with lively hair, the flanking arched panels carved respectively with a squire and a lady with her cat,
£1,920
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