This bedstead on Ebay will be sold by the time some of you read this but I thought I’d mention it due to the quality of the piece.  It is a Renaissance Revival bed with 101″ height and 75″ length and not quite Queen width at 57 1/2″ mattress width.

You can find it’s twin on page 74 of Styles of American Furniture 1860-1960, though unfortunately there is no maker information provided.  One item of interest is that the book states that the bed is made of Rosewood, while this seller is advertising theirs as Walnut.  There’s a chance one or the other has misidentified the composition, or possibly the maker provided an array of wood options.

If you are one of the 5 competing bidders, I think you can’t go wrong with this bed as a quality piece, but one should be aware of the condition problems and work that will need to be done.  The photos are numerous, but lack proper lighting and size to expose all the needed fixes.  The description does not inventory the detail of all of the flaws, “SOME OF THE MOULDING AND GINGERBREAD IS MISSING”, so one has to study the images carefully.

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The Flomaton sale snuck up on me today since it isn’t being conducted with an online Ebay bidding capability.  There are several Victorian items up for bid including a few Belter chairs and the bed above, whose provenance, according to Flomaton is:

Purportedly Southern and owned by General Robert Patterson, he served War of 1812, Mexican War and Civil War. Lived in Philadelphia and owned cotton mills in Louisiana.

You can view the full catalog here.

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If you remember the recent post on the Robert Mitchell chair that I own, here’s a matching pair up for sale from Bradford’s Antiques.  These chairs are a fun addition to any hallway or parlor.  Oftentimes, if you can find a pair of something, there is often differences in the finish due to differences in light exposure and other environmental hazards that ocurred over the 100+ years.  This pair has been professionally refinished, so they can sit side by side looking like a true pair.

They’ve already been bid up a healthy amount with 7 days to go as I write this.  More at the listing.

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