A Nanmu and hardwood box-platform daybed Qing Dynasty, 18th / 19th Century

of rectangular shape, the long sides supported by two uprights to form three rectangular apertures with inner frames, the ends with two apertures, the wood of a golden-brown color

The bed is in good overall condition with scattered cracks to the wood frame, the hard mat surface with three tears along the center, the longest 5 inches long, smaller holes and tears filled in and repatched. The interior of the base supporting the legs with large areas of loss around the bottom, possibly from water damage, but since it is on the interior it does not detract at all from the bed.
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