Manchester, Massachusetts, active 1856-1868, multi-part form, the rectangular tester with cove molding and vertically veneered panels, pronounced headboard with central carved and applied cartouche above a rectangular molded panel, four tall tapered ring turned posts raised on suppressed bun feet, side rails and foot rail are shaped and with applied central cartouche, stamped in several areas "C. Lee".

113 x 87 x 75 in.; interior rails 77 x 65.5 in.; floor to top of rail 10 in.

From the Personal Collection of Mr. William Ivey Long, Seaboard, North Carolina and New York, New York

Stamped to back of headboard, and all four rails stamped "C. Lee, 2741."

Later linen tester; posts with wear, marring and denting; refinished.

$2,000 - 4,000