Featured Carved Colonial Bed ?

Discussion in 'Furniture' started by Illielee, Dec 18, 2019.

  1. Illielee

    Illielee Well-Known Member

    Can anyone ID this bed? mahogany or similar hardwood.
    Spanish colonial, West, East Indies?

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  2. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    Oh my, talk about ornate!!! LOVELY carving!!! I'm not that positive on the wood though!! @verybrad, @Ghopper1924 ??
     
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  3. KikoBlueEyes

    KikoBlueEyes Well-Known Member

    That's a gorgeous thing, indeed.
     
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  4. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Indo-Portuguese or Indo-Dutch. The two styles are closely related, because the Dutch kicked the Portuguese out of some of their Indian colonies.;) The craftsmen continued to manufacture similar styles for colonial use.
    Ebony furniture is usually called Indo-Portuguese, the other woods Indo-Dutch. It is impossible to draw such a precise line between the two though.
    Indian craftsmen also introduced the style in Java, so it could have been made there.
    It is a real beauty.
     
    Last edited: Dec 19, 2019
  5. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

  6. Ghopper1924

    Ghopper1924 Well-Known Member

    SE Asian Rococo Revival. Beautiful work. Hard to identify the hardwood...could be mahogany. Looks to be following mid-19th century western examples, so probably late in the 19th or early 20th centuries. WOW!!
     
  7. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Could also be South Asian, since the style originated in the Portuguese and Dutch colonies in India and Sri Lanka.;)
     
  8. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

  9. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Do you want it for Xmas?:)
     
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  10. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    Gee thanks, AJ, but I have my parents antique bed, bleached mahogany with carved (all 4) posts...... but plain headboard...HA!!!.....could almost think about selling for that kind of $$$!:D:D
     
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