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handsome and good quality pair of french empire walnut sleigh/day beds with giltwood hairy paw feet
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a handsome and good quality pair of french empire walnut sleigh/day beds with giltwood hairy paw feet

circa 1810

each with well-figured richly-patinated flared uprights joined by the original rails; raised on well-carved giltwood paw feet; excellent restored condition; with new custom mattresses; Empire furniture was heavily influenced by Greco-Roman aesthetics and described as spare, noble and massive consistent with Napoleonic majesty and grandeur; these beds are fine examples of the grandeur and style of the Empire period. 

Height: 
40"
Width: 
36.25"
Depth: 
83"
List: 
$10,900