Fine Sculpted Queen Bed Portuguese 17th/18th C. Jacaranda
Wood torsade Posts , detailed with a
Outstanding Torsade Posts Dimensions: Height”
80” Depth 81” Width: 64” More queen ,
less king, Deep attention to details with various Scrolls the perfect bed for a
Grand bedroom fit for a palace room. An incredible find for your interior
design and to elevate your home Bedroom , master bedroom. The workmanship is
impeccable and apparent in the hand carving throughout this master piece.
A unique imposing piece of Art to acquire, a conversation
piece and a show piece all at the same time With A magnificent height of the
bed that stands at 6Feet 8 Inches Tall. A Baroque bed richly carved with leaves
foliage and plants and shell motifs.
Signs of the centuries as seen in the pictures, cracks losses strong old
restorations etc. … overall good condition. Rare antique with intricate
carvings throughout. with interwoven floral designs foliage and plants, crests
shells motifs and flambeau with detailed long hand turned profusely mounted
with spiral-twist spindles carved with spiral moldings. An incredible find Extremely fine Sculpted
Colonial Portuguese 17th/18th Century Jacaranda Bed with torsade posts Evidence
of old restoration in various areas, wear consistent with centuries of use,
including old restoration, cracks, minor breaks and losses overall strong and
steady. Bed frame includes posts and rails – does not include elements to
support a mattress, we added temporarily finials, but they don’t belong to the
original bed and they don’t come with the bed frame. We have many more detailed pictures of each
post and 3 additional detailed videos.
Jacaranda is native to South America including Brazil that
was once a Portuguese colony. You could see in the carving the transition
between the Renaissance-Baroque style morphing into the Portuguese rococo
elegance with the apparent curved lines, carved pilasters and the Twisting work
that was done. As you might be
familiar, this is typical of the period
of the late 17th Century to early 18th Century,
apparent and explicit on the bed frames we have in our collection.
During that period , the Portuguese colonial furniture had a
distinctive style featuring rare dark wood such as Jacaranda that was loved and
favored by the wood turners because they were able to mold it and turn it,
since it had the medium density in combination with the fine grain, and when
the wood dried out after production , it didn’t crack like the other type of
woods.
The Exotic wood jacaranda one of the most valued woods in
Brazil and explored since the colonial period, today I believe is listed by the
IBAMA “The Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources”
as an endangered species. Intricate work and elaborate carving of foliate
flowers and turning in Jacaranda was used in the making of luxury carpentry and
music instruments and in the Brazilian baroque furniture Which period spans
from the 16th to the 18th centuries. The Jacaranda’s exotic nature made it a
symbol of the Portuguese monarchy and their colonial wealth.
It is easier to pinpoint the Period rather that the place of
inception of this glorious furniture. It
is not always possible to differentiate with certainty whether this type of
Antique furniture pieces were made in Portugal or in the colony (Brazil) but as a general rule, the greater the
quality indicates that the more likely it was manufactured in the colony, as
the superior carving skilled masters were developed there at earlier time than
the 18th Century when the craftsmanship moved to Europe, to England , Portugal
and France ..
If you would want to assume a later production than the late
17th to early 18th Century , As you know, you would be venturing into the
jacaranda of Anglophile taste in eighteenth century, that looked much different
than the furniture Portuguese colonial and took place from 1690 until 1780,
including the Chippendale furniture that was produced in the 18th Century in
1750-1780
The Outstanding Bed Frames we have, we got them in a
succession from a private European Estate. It was a Rare find , That’s why we
as a dealer of over 55 years in this business, we don’t see merchandise of this
quality on the market today. . Please Feel free to send your expert to examine
in person, I can schedule a visit.
Depth 81”
Width: 64” More queen , less king . You Would need a
custom mattress and an interior box to mount it on, the frame would not be used
to support your mattress.
