Late 19th c Iron & Brass Bed
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An Heirloom antique American ornamental cast iron & scrolling brass tubular double bed C. 1885.
Fully reconditioned, repainted & patinated, brass burnished & lacquered. This bed is SOLID!
Weighing in at over 200 pounds! The head & foot boards have cast winged griffins & acanthus leaf ornamentation.
50 + hours was spent reconditioning this bed. This bed was likely made by Chas Pratt Rogers & Co. - NYC Est. 1855. Rogers supplied beds to the social elite of NYC. Rogers furnished major NYC luxury hotels: Waldorf-Astoria, St. Regis, Hotel Manhattan, Holland House, & other fine hotels in the USA.
H: Headboard 68" Foot:45", W 54". L: 80" , Inside:76.5" X 54
The estimate is conservative. Fully restored beds such as this retail between $3500-$5000. Come see Doug, our Auctioneer, "in Bed" during the auction.
Donated By Doug Stinson Antiques & Helen Goad