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Item
Bedstead
CIS Survey ID
CIS-2013-1145
Other Name
Tester bed
Object Type
Furniture
Date Created
1850 - 1870
Place of Manufacture
Manchester, Massachusetts
Maker
Charles Lee
Size
116" x 71" x 88"
Material
Mahogany veneer; walnut; white pine; cypress; iron
Upholstery
Complex woven red upholstery with small rosette pattern in weave, likely cotton. Not original to bed. Three brass pulleys for curtain fabric still extant. Originally had six pulleys.
Marks/Inscription/Labels
"C LEE 50" stamped incuse on interior surfaces of all four rails. Same mark stamped incuse under center of stay rail in headboard. "8" marked in blue crayon on cypress board nearest headboard (this mark not of period of bed's manufacture).
Accessories/Hardware
Iron rods and casters. Brass pulleys.
Condition
Overall good condition. Cypress boards not original. Some losses to veneer on side rails. Light scratches to exterior surface. Many scratches to interior surface. Cracks in veneer of posts. Some glue blocks in corners of rails are replaced.
Media Type
image/jp2
Description
Four post bed with full tester, undulating profile of side rails at top and bottom, posts of clustered colonnettes and paneled headboard with high S-scroll pediment ornamented with applied leaves and large central shell. Posts with conforming base and collar (almost like lotus leaves) that does not reach height of tester. Tester has deep cornice made of three sections of molding at sides and front joined to confirming corner blocks, likely all pine veneered with mahogany. Side rails and foot rail of pine (interiors painted brown) faced with mahogany flame veneer and applied scrolls that glue to upper section of rails; central motif of cartouche flanked by leaves. Lower profile of rails accented with undulating molding with leaf terminals. Head board of two pine boards veneered with mahogany, grain stacked lengthwise floating in panel of pine rails and stiles, also veneered. Headboard pediment made up of multiple pieces of pine glued, also veneered. Applied moldings on front to give effect of paneling in pediment. Top and bottom of headboard tenon into sides of head posts. Rails on all sides also tenon into posts, but further secured with walnut glue blocks and large iron rods. Rods slide into glue blocks screwed to corners of side rails and abut post (rails have been excavated in wide, deep channels to accommodate rods). Seven cypress boards span bed opening to support mattress. Boards slide into notches into secondary pine rail screwed into bed rail. Bed set on large casters (possibly brass or iron, but not visible to determine material).
Physical Location
Gulf Coast (U.S.)
Date Surveyed
2013-07-29
Source
Classical Institute of the South at The Historic New Orleans Collection
Repository
The Historic New Orleans Collection (http://www.hnoc.org)
Disclaimer
The information contained in the Gulf South Decorative and Fine Arts Database was collected in the year referenced under Date Captured". The Classical Institute of the South will update object records with new information to the best of its ability but does not guarantee that data contained within the records is current.
Digital Collection
Gulf South Decorative and Fine Arts Database
Contact Information
Contact the Historic New Orleans Collection for more information about use and reproduction. louisquery@hnoc.org
Credit
Gulf South Decorative and Fine Arts Database, Classical Institute of the South at The Historic New Orleans Collection.
Rights
Physical rights are retained by The Historic New Orleans Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with US copyright laws. The information and images in the Gulf South Decorative and Fine Arts Database may be used for non-commercial and educational purposes, but they must be accompanied by the “Credit” statement above.
Type of Resource
still image
Type of Resource
three dimensional object
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