European Furniture and Decorative Arts

Appearing in overall fairly good and stable condition. The gilt mounts pulling away from the headboard in areas; would benefit from repair. The mahogany with scattered surface scratches and scrapes and areas of wear to the finish, consistent with age, use, and moving. There is a crack on each side near the top, not appearing to impact the stability. There is no hardware for the headboard and there are no drilled holes where the headboard would attach to a bedframe. The headboard was possibly previously attached to a wall versus a bed frame. The frame is 67 1/4 inches at the widest point, the bottom of the headboard measures 60 inches wide. Additional images are available upon request.

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