19th Century Anglo-Indian Hardwood Four-Post Queen Bed
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An antique Anglo-Indian hardwood Four-Post Queen bed, 19th century of Queen bed size, profusely carved throughout with flowers, foliage, scrolls and lion heads, the arched headboard with pierced panel below a flowering vase flanked by foliate pillars and lion head C-scrolls, supporting foliate and spiral-turned tapering posts with capitals and a dentil moulded canopy, raised on flowerhead and lion head carved legs terminating in lion paw ball feet, reputedly made for the Maharani of the princely state of Cooch Behar, British India, circa 1880. Height 230 cm, width 183 cm, (bed head)
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- Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
- Foliate - Decorated with leaves or leaf-like forms.
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