Lot 754
An American Rococo Carved Rosewood and Rosewood-Grained Half-Tester Bed, mid-19th c., possibly Prudent Mallard, New Orleans, the associated serpentine tester with finials, ovolo corners, shaped brackets on cluster posts, paneled headboard with ripple molding, shaped rails and footboard, mosquito bars with scroll supports, height 113 1/2 in., length 80 in., width 54 in. Note: The column capitals, cluster posts and mosquito bars on this bed are very similar to those on the well-known bed from Prudent Mallard at Lansdowne in Natchez. The paneled headboard with a scalloped crest on this bed is also similar to that on the ³Lansdowne² bed. Reference: The Lansdowne bed is illustrated in Otto, American Furniture of the 19th Century, pl. 289.
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