A VENETIAN STYLE POLYCHROME-PAINTED SINGLE BEDSTEAD,18th century. Possibly Russian. The headboard with a molded shaped crest above a scallop-edged roundel with a painting of a priest flanked by gilt-painted scrolling foliage, the footboard with a C-scroll frieze above a rectangular panel centering an oval reserve painted with a village scene with a church on a hill and farm animals in the foreground above a pierced foliate scrolling apron raised on fluted tapering legs, with green-painted side rails (cracks, paint losses) - 71 1/2 in. x 38 in. x 78 in. Estimate $700-900
