Fine Louisiana Carved Mahogany Tester Bed, c. 1830-1840, molded stepped tester, bulbous and ring-turned posts, rolling pin headboard with spherical finials, baluster legs, compressed ball feet, h. 107 1/2 in., l. 77 in., w. 53 1/2 in. Ill.: Magazine Antiques 1991 Provenance: Found in Cheneyville, LA.Ill.: H. Parrott Bacot, “Living With Antiques: The Sebastian Louis Kleinpeter House in Baton Rouge, Louisiana,” The Magazine Antiques, April 1991, pl. VII, p. 736.Note: The Creole-style high-post bed in the present lot, illustrated in the April 1991 issue of The Magazine Antiques, exhibits many features specific to Louisiana beds made between 1830-1840. The bed’s combination of baluster-form and stacked ring posts, matching volute-carved rolling pin, and bulbous brass ball feet are indicative of the blend of French, Anglo, and West Indies influence unique to Louisiana furniture. This bed’s distinctively turned posts are nearly identical to the posts of a bed held in the Holden Family Collection, illustrated in Furnishing Louisiana: Creole and Acadian Furniture, 1735-1835.Ref.: Holden, Jack, et al. Furnishing Louisiana: Creole and Acadian Furniture, 1735-1835. The Historic New Orleans Collection, 2010, pp. 368, 382-386, fig. 13.

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