Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 96
assive 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 duringthe earlyyears of thenineteenthcentury, andmore bed-posts arefound thatare carved ina twist thanin… … Ulus. 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. Kachpost is carvedwith festoonsof draperv, andis surmountedwith a pine-apple. Theheadboard…
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