A LOUIS XV STYLE ROSEWOOD, MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY BEDSTEAD,purchased from The Green & Waterman Furniture Company, Troy, New York, circa 1890. The headboard with elaborately carved C-scroll crest and satinwood line-inlaid frame above a marquetry-inlaid rosewood panel with cornucopia, floral and foliate sprays all centering a ribbon-tied bird's nest with eggs and two birds suspended from a mother-of-pearl inlaid foliate spray; footboard similarly inlaid; side rails with line-inlay; on cabriole legs ending in scroll feet. Headboard bears a handwritten note by Dorothy Meneely Harrington stating that "the bedroom suite was exhibited at the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 (Columbian Exposition), as an example of French inlay. It was also exhibited at W. & J. Sloane of New York and subsequently purchased for $1200 by her father-in-law, Walter Cornell Harrington" - 68 1/2 in. x 61 1/2 in. x 67 1/2 in. Estimate $2,200-2,600
