Half-Tester Bed
A Baliuag crested half tester bed
Estimate: PHP 100,000 - 120,000
1st quarter, 20th century
Bulacan
Narra wood, with a canopy finely carved with ‘banig’ or mat weave pattern, scrolls, and flowers all around like swags or curtains, topped with finials, centering a shield crest carved with stylized ‘MC’ monogram (which can be easily removed or re-carved to alter) in the middle, surmounted by an inlaid star, then surrounded with lei and hanging flower inlays using bone and kamagong wood; the headboard and footboard are made of conforming calado or fretwork panels; cane / solihiya sleeping surface; supported by robust turned legs on ball feet; three quarter size bed
242 x 211 x 120 cm (95 1/2 x 83 x 47 in)
Lot 357 of the Salcedo Auctions Gavel & Block auction on May 21, 2022. Please see salcedoauctions.com for more information.
Half-Tester Bed
A Baliuag crested half tester bed
Estimate: PHP 100,000 - 120,000
1st quarter, 20th century
Bulacan
Narra wood, with a canopy finely carved with ‘banig’ or mat weave pattern, scrolls, and flowers all around like swags or curtains, topped with finials, centering a shield crest carved with stylized ‘MC’ monogram (which can be easily removed or re-carved to alter) in the middle, surmounted by an inlaid star, then surrounded with lei and hanging flower inlays using bone and kamagong wood; the headboard and footboard are made of conforming calado or fretwork panels; cane / solihiya sleeping surface; supported by robust turned legs on ball feet; three quarter size bed
242 x 211 x 120 cm (95 1/2 x 83 x 47 in)
Lot 357 of the Salcedo Auctions Gavel & Block auction on May 21, 2022. Please see salcedoauctions.com for more information.