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Description
28" (71 cm.) Carved wooden bed designed to sit against a wall,the metal canopy rod attached to that side,while the displayed side is decorated with very elaborate gilt carvings in the Louis XVI style. The bed is fitted with support boards,mattress and beautiful bed fittings and canopy. Excellent condition. The paper label of Lemaire,2 rue Chapon,Paris appears on the underside. The early Parisian toy shop that appears to have existed from about 1830 to 1860 was described in an early children's magazine as having "the most splendid miniature creations the imagination can dream up...a sumptuous bazaar". French,circa 1850.