AN IMPORTANT EARLY 19TH CENTURY LIT DE REPOS Cuban mahogany, with a large profusely carved peacock with gilt bronze head. Naturalist decoration. Carved and gilded wood acanthus leaf. Green silk lined. Possibly Portugal, ca. 1830. Losses, defects and traces of xylophages. Dim.: 88.5x200x79 cm. Note: a similar sewing box exists in Galery Carlton Hobbs (NY) and another lit de repos in an important private collection in Lisbon.