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Lot 932
Description:
An American Carved Rosewood Tester Bed, mid-19th c., New Orleans, signed "C. Lee", the later molded ogee cornice of conforming design, on fluted tapered posts; scalloped, arched and paneled headboard with a massive shell and cabochon crest, pendant fruit and nuts, foliate scrolls, conforming low foot board and rails, height 114 in., length 73 in., width 66 in.
- Notes: Note: Beds stamped "C. Lee" appear in the inventories of New Orleans furniture purveyors Calvin Chandler Simpson, John Yetter, and William Mc Cracken in the years leading to the Civil War. Research by scholar and curator Stephen Harrison has revealed Charles Lee (active 1856-1868) was a Manchester, Massachusetts craftsman known as a "maker of bedsteads for the Southern market." Reference: Harrison, "'C. Lee' Maker of Beds for the Southern Market", Maine Antiques Digest, April 1994
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October 12, 2008 10:00 AM CDT
New Orleans, LA, US
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