Lot 280
An American Rococo Carved Mahogany Bedstead, 19th c., by Charles Lee, Manchester, Massachusetts, stamped "C. Lee 2484", deep molded and flaring tester, the cluster column posts supporting a paneled headboard with shell crest and pendant fruit and foliage, height 112in., width 85in., depth 73in. E10000/15000 Note: The origin of bedsteads found in Louisiana and bearing the stamp of Charles Lee has long been cause for speculation. The most persistent popular belief has been that Lee was a free man of color who apprenticed under Prudent Mallard. It is now known that Lee w as in fact working in Manchester, Massachusetts c. 1856-1868, employing approximately eighteen men and shipping his bedsteads to New Orleans retailers such as William and James Mccracken and Calvin Chandler Sampson. See Stephen G. Harrison, "The Nineteenth Century Furniture Trade in New Orleans", The Magazine Antiques, May 1997, pg. 755
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