AMERICAN ROCOCO REVIVAL CARVED MAHOGANY HALF-TESTER DOUBLE-SIZE BED,circa 1845. Attributed to Prudent Mallard, New Orleans, LA. Shaped, tufted, cream color silk upholstered canopy with turned round finials; high domed headboard with C-scroll carving centering leafy crest; serpentine side rails; paneled rear posts with substantial turned round finials - H: app. 98 in.; W: 69 in.; D; 84 in. Estimate $5,000-7,000
Not refinished. Fair to good condition. Shrinkage and scattered veneer losses to rails, age crack across headboard panel, restoration to tufted crown (wooden areas). Three sections of octagonal molding are missing, age crack to right tall post, molded bead on left rail is missing from bottom of rail Age cracks to short right post.
