Lot 929
An American Rococo Carved Mahogany Four Post Bed, mid-19th c., stamped "C. Lee" and "1878", tapered, fluted posts, arched C and S scroll headboard with fruit and foliate carved appliqué, conforming rails centered by a shell, shaped low footboard, height 103 in., interior length 78 1/2 in., interior width 60 in. Note: Beds stamped "C. Lee" appear in the inventories of New Orleans furniture purveyors Calvin Chandler Simpson, John Yetter, and William McCracken 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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