Exceptionally fine sheraton carved mahogany and birch four post tester bed, with delicate turned and reeded footposts with reeded urn, inlaid rail block and attenuated turned legs with stump feet, with pencil post head posts and arched pine headboard, all in the original finish and original red wash, with rare shaped rails with beaded edge detail. Portsmouth area, circa 1810. Provenance: John Walton, Inc., Jewett City, CT; Sotheby's Important
Americana, Jan. 2008, lot 293, Estate of Michael H. Dunn.
89" high, 58" wide, 78" long (includes custom deck and mattress).
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