English Chippendale Carved Mahogany Tall Post Tester Bed
Lot Details & Additional Photographs 1770s, multi-part form, three-sided cove molded cornice above a frieze with applied Chinese Chippendale fretwork within upper and lower molding, above a wrought iron curtain rail, finely turned foot posts feature upper trumpet with rosettes above a stop fluted tapered shaft above an acanthus carved urn, above a block foot, now missing marlborough caps, plain square tapered head posts, four horizontal oak rails, on casters. Will require custom mattress with cut corners.
90 x 59 x 80 in. Bottom of foot rail to floor 11.75 in.
Private Collection, Richmond, Virginia
Very stable and useable; ready to accommodate a custom Queen size mattress and boxspring.
Missing marlborough caps to all feet; replaced headboard; cut, patch, and tip to top twelve inches of each headboard post; some molding and minor fret loss to upper right side of cornice by right headboard post.
$3,000 - 5,000
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Lot Details & Additional Photographs 1770s, multi-part form, three-sided cove molded cornice above a frieze with applied Chinese Chippendale fretwork within upper and lower molding, above a wrought iron curtain rail, finely turned foot posts feature upper trumpet with rosettes above a stop fluted tapered shaft above an acanthus carved urn, above a block foot, now missing marlborough caps, plain square tapered head posts, four horizontal oak rails, on casters. Will require custom mattress with cut corners.
90 x 59 x 80 in. Bottom of foot rail to floor 11.75 in.
Private Collection, Richmond, Virginia
Very stable and useable; ready to accommodate a custom Queen size mattress and boxspring.
Missing marlborough caps to all feet; replaced headboard; cut, patch, and tip to top twelve inches of each headboard post; some molding and minor fret loss to upper right side of cornice by right headboard post.
$3,000 - 5,000
