Italian Genoese Parcel-Gilt & Red-Painted Wrought Iron Bed

Lot description

Italian Genoese paint-decorated wrought iron bed, late 19th c., in a worn dark red painted finish, with black-painted tole and parcel-gilt accents, openwork crest centering roundel with pair of love birds amongst floral blooms, flanked by turned gilt-metal finials, the foot board with scrolling foliates, rising on tapered legs, ending on casters, exterior: approx 60.5"h, 82.5"l, 59"w, interior: approx 80.5"l, 56"w