RARE ANTIQUE 19TH CENTURY ITALIAN PAINT DECORATED CONVENT BED CIRCA 1800 - $950 - (Northport, AL)

RARE EARLY 19TH CENTURY PAINT DECORATED ITALIAN CONVENT BED. THE PHOTOS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES ON ALL THIS WONDERFUL PAINT AND ARTISTIC WORK. THE RECTANGLE ON THE CREST IS A COLORED LITHOGRAPH. I'VE HAD A NUMBER OF THESE BEDS WHEN I WAS BUYING ANTIQUES IN SPAIN AND SOUTHERN FRANCE IN THE 1980'S AND EARLY 90'S. THIS ONE IS ITALIAN OR AUSTRIAN. THE SIDE RAILS ARE NOT THE ORIGINALS RAILS BUT FROM THE SAME ERA. THEY CAN BE ADAPTED TO FIT. A SIDE STORY TO THESE BEDS. WHEN I WAS SELLING THEM FROM MY WAREHOUSE IN MAINE TO THE ANTIQUE DEALERS FROM THE NORTHEAST, SOME OF THEM WERE TAKING THEM APART AND SELLING THE DECORATED PANELS. I WAS SETUP AT THE PIER SHOW IN NEW YORK CITY IN THE EARLY 90'S AND WAS ROAMING THE ROWS OF DEALERS AND SPOTTED A DEALER WITH ONE OF THE PAINT DECORATED PANELS ON AN EASEL. HIS NOTE READ, "IMPORTANT FOLK ART OVER THE MANTLE MURAL BY AMERICAN ITINERANT ARTIST RUFUS PORTER. PRICE $14,000. DIMENSIONS: INSIDE, RAILS ARE 69 INCHES LONG. WIDTH WITH RAILS ATTACHED IS 39 INCHES. HEADBOARD 60 INCHES TALL, FOOTBOARD 38 1/2 INCHES TALL BUYER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ARRANGING DELIVERY OR PICK UP. I CAN HELP WITH NAMES OF DELIVERY SERVICES.

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