British Colonial Ebony Four Poster Bed
Mid 19th centuryA fabulous British colonial ebony four poster bed. The four elaborately turned and reeded uprights are joined by a headboard with shaped cresting with a scallop shell and a spindle turned rail. At the bottom, the bed is completely open. The posts have cylinders of carving at the bottom followed by a tapered reeded section and carving at the top.
The four parts making the canopy are attached to the posts at the corners and finished with an elegant finial.The horizontal support beams are reeded and have a floral ornament in each corner where they meet the posts. The bed, which can be completely dismantled, rests on short carved bulbous legs that terminate in a cup foot on a brass peg.
Mattress Area: 202 cm x 183 cm (79½ x 72”)
Ebony has long been prized for its dense hardness, which lends itself for beautiful carving and a smooth finish after being polished.
Find out more about Ebony – The Aristocrat of Hardwoods.
The bed is in good condition and has been lovingly restored and finished to its former glory using a traditional form of French polishing and waxing.
Coromandel coast
British colonial India
H: 230 cm (Posts) Bed H: 51 cm W: 186 cm D: 224 cm
H: 90½” (Posts) Bed H: 20” W: 73” D: 88”
