PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MARK WILSON & ELSA DIVINAGRACIA
An Ilocos Bed
19th Century
Narra
height: 97” (246 cm) width: 56" (142 cm) length: 88 1/2” (225 cm)






“One day in the late 1980's I was walking through Baguio's wonderful Maharlika market, where all the antiques shops used to be. My heart skipped a beat when what came into view was this exquisitely carved Ilocos bed, with grapes all over it. I was walking through Baguio's wonderful Maharlika market, where all the antiques shops used to be. My heart skipped a beat when what came into view was this exquisitely carved Ilocos bed, with grapes all over it. Grapes used to grow in Ilocos, and are a symbol of wealth & prosperity for Ilocanos. On this bed, grapes flourish not just on the headboard, but also on the canopy, and, most unusually, on the horizontal supports beneath the solihiya.” -Mark Wilson