French Walnut Louis IV Style Bed

This is a quality late 19th Century (c.1880) French antique walnut Louis IV style bed. The headboard with pierced and carved with shell and foliate carving crest. The panel with diagonally quarter matched veneer with extended C and S scrolls framing, with curvaceous sides with foliate carving, the tail board of similar form and shape with a carved bombe shaped cartouche in the centre with a shaped frieze with foliate carving, resting on profusely carved cabriole legs, with two carved side rails which have been fitted with slatted timber above. The bed is clean and sturdy.