Lot 353
An American Rococo Carved and Grained Rosewood Half-Tester Bed, mid-19th c., New Orleans, stepped and beaded serpentine tester containing a very fine ruche and pleated inset, tapered posts, paneled headboard centered by a flower filled urn, cascading leaves and scrolls to the sides, footboard with cabochons, conforming low posts with adjustable poles for mosquito netting, shaped rails, height 122 in., length 78 1/2 in., width 70 in. Note : Monumental Rococo Revival beds such as the example here were made for the Southern market and proportioned for the grand rooms of houses in the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys. Perhaps taking inspiration from European ""State Beds"", these finely carved and ambitious American tester beds not only functioned with mosquito nets in summer and insulating drapes in winter, but also conveyed the traditional oligarchic society where they were used. Contrasting with the ""closet"" scale furniture seen in New England bedrooms, American Rococo tester beds were designed or a more public admiration. Many details on the bed offered here appear in other known beds, including the prominent bed at Lansdowne, Natchez; Gallier House, New Orleans; and a bed from a White Castle, Louisiana Plantation sold as lot 294 October 11, 2008 Reference: The Lansdowne bed is illustrated in Otto, American Furniture of the 19th Century, pl. 289."
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