20TH CENTURY COUNCILL CRAFTSMEN CHIPPENDALE ANTIQUE STYLE QUEEN SIZE MAHOGANY RICE CARVED PLANTATION BED
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With our utmost pleasure we're delighted to offer for sale this great 20th century queen size Chippendale antique style rice carved plantation bed. A traditional 18th century design, a rice carved bed is a highly sought after American staple. The earliest known examples were made in the Carolinas in the second half of the 18th century. The original gentleman to commission the design wanted the plants that gave him his immense wealth carved into the post. Rice and tobacco we're the most prevalent cash crops in the area at the time. Commonly referred to as simply plantation beds this example stands on block collared feet with decorative brass bed bolt covers. This bed was made by Councill Craftsmen and is signed on the horizontal headboard rail. The headboard is made from beautiful bold grain & book matched crotched mahogany veneers. The headboard is in a high gloss French polish and the bed is in wonderful condition. The posts are decorated with lambs tongue carvings, tobacco leaf & rice carvings, complex tapered reed carvings, & carved urn finials. The bed measures 64 3/4" wide x 87 3/4" long x 86 1/2" tall. The bed accepts standard queen sizes with an interior measurement of 60" x 80".
We continue to offer some of the finest period & 20th century beds on the market and have had some trouble as of late keeping stock. It seems as quickly as we can get them listed they turn over. We're very excited to offer this Queen size mahogany Councill Craftsmen bed. This came to us from a fine Newton, MA estate and was greatly cared for and is truly one of the most striking of this format we've seen lately. The bed completely knocks down into parts for easy shipping and easy set up. (4 posts, 2 side rails, 2 horizontal rails, 1 headboard)
