Adam style paint decorated bedstead, Early 20th c., rectangular cane-filled head and foot-boards with an oval central panel painted with cherubs, on square tapering legs, 49"h x x 83"l x 48"w

Provenance: Estate of Huguette Clark

Notes/Literature: Huguette Marcelle Clark (1906-2011) was an heiress and philanthropist, who became well known again late in life as a recluse, living in a hospital for more than 20 years while her mansions remained empty. She was an accomplished artist and musician, having studied under famous portrait painter Tadeusz Styka, and her paintings were exhibited at the Corocoran Gallery, Washington in 1925

Good, no cane breaks observed, attractive distress to painted surface