Morse, Frances Clary · New York, the MacMillan Co. · leaf 98
tead with massive twisted posts is shown inIllustration 50. The lower posts only are carved, as was usual,the draperiesat the headof the bedcone eal ingthe plainupper posts.Twistedposts werequite com-mon duringearlyof thenineteenthcentury, andmore bed-posts arefound thatare carved ina twist thanin… … t heyears lllus. 50. — Bedstead, 1800-1810. Bedsteads 73 post bedstead made from 1805 to 1810. It is un-usual in having all four posts carved, and for itssplendid feet,which arecarved in mas-s i V e lionsclaws. Eachpost is carvedwith festoonsof drapery, andis surmountedwith a pine-apple.…
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