An Italian carved walnut bed, Lombardo-Veneto early 17th century

centred by the coat-of-arms of Bagatta of Verona

Generally tidy, though with normal wear commensurate with age and use. Some losses to the turned surmounting finials of the bed head and bed end. The bed head also with some scorching on the upper turned sections. Some old and minor traces of worm. This does not come with a divan or mattress.
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Comparative Literature:
Augosto Pedrini, Italian Furniture Interiors and Decoration of the 15th and 16th centuries, London,1949, fig. 376, illustrates a related bed formerly in the Castello di Monselice.

Ref. `Armorial Général' by J.B. Rietstap, Vol. I, p. 98.