An Australian  full cedar four-poster double bed Circa 1850
An Australian cedar and rose mahogany four-poster double bed
Circa 1860
the double stepped full tester with scalloped edge and central cartouche, above a pair of turned tapering rose mahogany posts with lotus leaf decoration, with arched head and foot boards with applied carved decoration, raised on turned feet and wooden castors, with later slats and two solid cedar panel, missing original curtain rods, 177cm wide, 261cm high (69.5" wide, 102.5" high). 212cm long.
Sold for AU$ 4,880 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Reference:
    Fahy,K and Simpson,A. Australian Furniture,Pictorial History and Dictionary 1788-1938, Casuarina Press, page 146, plate 8.

Category: Furniture / Australian Colonial Furniture and Australiana


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