18TH CENTURY HAND-MADE PAINTED WROUGHT IRON BED MADE FOR GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI. Scrolling headboard and footboard. - W: 78 in. Estimate $1,500-2,000
Garibaldi was an Italian general, patriot, revolutionary and republican. He contributed to Italian unification and the creation of the Kingdom of Italy. He is considered to be one of Italy's "fathers of the fatherland", along with Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy and Giuseppe Mazzini. [ Garibaldi is also known as the "Hero of the Two Worlds" because of his military enterprises in South America and Europe.
