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Antique Questions Forum / Re: 17th Century Canopy Bed Carved

« on: February 10, 2013, 09:03:28 pm »

You really have to compare the tecnique used to build the bed to what was common at the time !!

Good point... which is exactly what I had asked her about when she mentioned the fasteners and screws...

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: 17th Century Canopy Bed Carved

« on: February 10, 2013, 07:20:33 pm »

Thanks for all of the help here, all very much appreciated! I think I will contact that Marhamchurch Antiques and see what he might have to say about this piece.

I asked if it was a rope bed and she said no. I also managed to get a few more pics from here. Here they are:

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: 17th Century Canopy Bed Carved

« on: February 09, 2013, 04:41:25 pm »

I just spoke with my mother on the phone and she is going to get some more pictures for me so I should get some with the posts visible. I also told her to look around wherever she can to see if there are markings. She also keeps correcting me when I mention Ralph Lauren's "Curtain" Collection and says it is his "Bedding" Collection.

As for written provenance, she says that she had a bill of sale and cannot locate it, but it probably only had this Judy's name on it... so as for the whole Ralph Lauren story, and whether it is true or not, without any proof, it is only just a story. Which is why I told her to locate any markings if she can. She also says that it is not a reproduction.

I asked her again about the previous owner Judy Garwood, and she doesn't know what she is a producer of, but says that she did see her one time on a documentary called "Hauntings In New Orleans" and in this documentary she must have been inside her home because my mother said that when she recognized her, she kept waiting for her to go into her room to see if the bed was in there.

Oh, and the bed was originally in a shop on Magazine St called Hooters and that Judy and the owner had some sort of falling out in which she took back all that she had there on consignment including the bed and ended up somewhere else which is when my mother relocated her and purchased it from her.

I asked her if we could contact the shop where it was located and she said he probably  wouldn't be a very helpful because she was trying to purchase it there and when Judy removed it and sold it on her own the owner was furious about it.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: 17th Century Canopy Bed Carved

« on: February 08, 2013, 07:50:08 pm »

Wow, thanks for the links! And yes, very interesting on the history! I will definitely see what else I can find out about it and it's history tomorrow when I can talk with her on the phone.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: 17th Century Canopy Bed Carved

« on: February 08, 2013, 07:02:33 pm »

Thanks! I'm not sure if these were recent or older, so I'll see if she can get some pics of the posts if she doesn't already have some.

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Antique Questions Forum / 17th Century Canopy Bed Carved

« on: February 08, 2013, 06:18:08 pm »

Hi, I've been doing a little hunting trying to help my mother with a bed that she's had in her posession for several years now. What I know about the bed is what she told me.

The bed is 17th Century, purchased in New Orleans, LA from producer Judy Garwood, who in turn pruchased the bed from Ralph Lauren, who was said to have brought it to the US from England and used it to model his Medeival (curtain) Collection. I am not sure of any history prior to that. I am also not sure of any markings that may be on the bed, as it is my mother's, and currently not in my possession. I also tried locating the previous owner, but have had no such luck.

If anyone here may have any knowledge about these particular pieces, your help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Here are some pictures: