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Lot 245
Description:
A Rare American Gothic Carved and Figured Oak Half-Tester Bed, c. 1840, probably Philadelphia, the rectangular cove-molded cornice with reticulated brackets and tracery, the paneled headboard with crocket crest, faceted posts, rails with quatrefoil brackets and appliqués, foot posts with massive pineapple finials, height 98 1/in., length 78 1/2 in., width 57 in.
- Literature: Reference: Howe and Warren, The Gothic Style in America 1830-1870, p. 52., for an illustration and discussion of the Riddell "Rosedown" bed.
- Notes: Note: The architectonic design and Classical Gothicism of this bed bespeak a cabinetmaker well-versed in the vocabularies of both Classical and Gothic styles, such as Crawford Riddell, who is best known for the bedroom suite formerly at Rosedown Plantation, the Turnbull family's c. 1835 home in St. Francisville, Louisiana. A number of elements seen here relate to the Rosedown bed (now at the Dallas Museum of Art): the tracery embellishments on the tester, the use of narrowly spaced panels on the headboard, the octagonal posts and the inclusion of elaborately carved embellishments such as the finials on the footposts.
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July 17, 2010 10:00 AM CDT
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