Louis XVI style painted lit a' la francaise, signed Courtois
first half 19th century
half-round carved molded canopy resting on metal supports, leading to head and footboards with molded top rails and fluted stiles with upholstered panels, resting on tapered fluted legs with casters. (Wear and chips to paint, back rail is chipped at one end at headboard joint)
H92 1/2" L75" D45"
*Note: Philibert-Michel Courtois lived on the street of Faubourge-Saint-Antoine in 1824 and the street of Charenton in 1848. In December of 1848 he signed the petition written by the ebenistes and their workmen reclaiming the Orders of the State after the removal of Louis Phillippe from the throne. Translated from: Ledoux-Lebard, Denise. LES EBENISTES PARISIENS DU XIXe SICCLE (1795-1870), LEURS OEUVRES ET LEURS MARQUES. Paris: F. De Nobele, 1965. p. 114.