Bed (4) - Cast iron, Wrought iron - Liberty-period bed.

Italian Liberty-style bed, early 1900s, wrought iron and cast iron
with Japanese-style decoration.

COMPOSITION
Four pieces: two headboards and two footboards, equipped with a central interlocking pin that allows them to be joined. They can thus be used in two ways:
paired together they form a double bed, separated they form two twin beds.
Only the lateral crossbars and the bed slat board are missing; they can be custom-made by a blacksmith.

DECORATION
Openwork motifs with Liberty floral designs on the headboards and lower bands.
Panels with faux wood look featuring inlaid mother-of-pearl, still intact and fully iridescent, alternated with golden chrysanthemum rosettes.
Each footboard bears a medallion painted in a Japanese style with female figures in a kimono, fans, pines and Mount Fuji: the two scenes are different from each other.

MEASUREMENTS
Headboards: 83 x 180 cm
Footboards: 83 x 112 cm
Overall width when joined: 163 cm

CONDITION
Conserved, for conservative restoration. Structure intact and stable.
The mother-of-pearl decorations and medallions are generally legible; there are reports of color loss on the raised parts of the merge motifs, as well as abrasions and halos on the panels, all visible in the photos taken in natural light without retouching.
The pieces have NEVER been varnished, sanded, or repainted: they retain the original surface, a condition that allows proper restoration.

Pickup in Milan.
Shipping at buyer’s expense, packing on a pallet to be agreed upon.