American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts

Sale 6268

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Apr 30 | 6:00 AM EDT

Live

| Philadelphia

Lot 198

Carved mahogany tester bedstead circa 1830 and later

Turned, reeded posts carved with swagged urn and faceted, turned foot, arched headboard.

H: 88 3/4 in. L: 81 1/2 in. D: 67 3/4 in.

Provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey.

Descended in the Wister family to the present owners. The bedstead was

part of the furnishings in the Wister family ancestral home, Grumblethorpe in Germantown, Philadelphia, now a National Historic Landmark.

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Carved mahogany tester bedstead circa 1830 and later

Turned, reeded posts carved with swagged urn and faceted, turned foot, arched headboard.

H: 88 3/4 in. L: 81 1/2 in. D: 67 3/4 in.

Provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey.

Descended in the Wister family to the present owners. The bedstead was

part of the furnishings in the Wister family ancestral home, Grumblethorpe in Germantown, Philadelphia, now a National Historic Landmark.

Carved mahogany tester bedstead circa 1830 and later