20TH C QUEEN SIZE ANTIQUE CHIPPENDALE STYLE RICE CARVED MAHOGANY BED ~ COUNCILL

20TH CENTURY COUNCILL CRAFTSMEN CHIPPENDALE ANTIQUE STYLE QUEEN SIZE MAHOGANY RICE CARVED PLANTATION BED Thank you for shopping with Bay Colony Antiques. We're a third generation family owned business furnishing homes all over the world. We aggressively pursue important antiques, decorative arts, and objects of interest for our most discerning clients. With our utmost pleasure we're delighted to offer for sale this great 20th century queen size Chippendale antique style rice carved plantation bed. A traditional 18th century design, a rice carved bed is a highly sought after American staple. The earliest known examples were made in the Carolinas in the second half of the 18th century. The original gentleman to commission the design wanted the plants that gave him his immense wealth carved into the post. Rice and tobacco we're the most prevalent cash crops in the area at the time. Commonly referred to as simply plantation beds this example stands on block collar