A fine Italian carved walnut double bed 16th Century

with a boldly scrolled cresting centered by a stylised anthemiom above a scrolled boss with the coat of arms of Albani of Rome, above a rectangular headboard flanked by baluster turned uprights with a flaming gadrooned urn finial on a turned socle carved with drapery swags, the side-rails carved with a band of geometric motifs with a similarly footboard and supports on cup and cover legs on block feet  

There are construction cracks and cracks generally as visible form the photograph commensurate with age and the headboard has been strengthened at the back. Old marks and chips generally. There has been some paint spattering which can easily be cleaned off. There are some old minor retorations to the carved sections which have been well executed and are not too noticeable. There are some minor losses to the carving and the left finial on the headboard has a crack running through it. In overall good conserved condition. High quality and rare Italian Renaissance bed. Highly recommended.
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Comparative Literature:
A. Pedrini, Italian Furniture, interiors and decorations of the XV-XVI centuries, London, 1949, p.147, fig. 376, for a related bed described as Veneto-Lombardo, 16th century, from the Castello di Monselice, reproduced here in fig.1.

Ref. `Armorial Général' by J.B. Rietstap, Vol. I, plate XXII.