Description Indo-Portuguese Tile-Inset Teak Tester Bed
late 19th/early 20th century, the headboard and footboard set with floral ceramic tile and with tall posts supporting the bed hanging, retaining its matching framed hardwood mattress slats.
h. 85", inside w. 55", l. 76-1/4", outside w. 59-3/4", l. 84-1/4"
Provenance: Estate of John Stockwell Samuels III, Galveston, Texas.
Notes: Anglo-Indian tester beds of this sort were produced in India and Burma for export markets.