18th Century French Canopy Daybed with Toile Upholstery

Meet our stunning King French Oak Bed, a beautifully replicated Louis XVI bed made from white oak with meticulous attention to detail. Each intricate carving is embellished with love...

Meet our stunning Queen French Oak Bed, a beautifully replicated Louis XVI bed made from white oak with meticulous attention to detail. Each intricate carving is embellished with lov...

Exquisite 19th century French cane chair crafted from solid fruitwood and painted in a charming oyster white finish. These chairs are not only visually stunning but also robust and d...

French Style Louis XV Twin Beds Set of 2 Blue gray velvet upholstery, painted in a cream color with gold gilt finishes. Painted finish has weathering and patina, overall the bed fram...

An 18th century Rosewood tester bed from an important palace in Goa. The posts are beautifully carved and the solid wood headboard adds a touch of simplicity and sturdy elegance. Cro...

A Baroque four-poster bed (ceiling), with headboard. The headboard, decorated with boned shaped, shakes and strings, are turned into bobbin-shaped discs and balls in the sides and th...

French Louis XVI painted and carved daybed, 18th C. Beautifully carved with with spiral fluted columns supporting upholstered head and footboards, top...

This large and attractive architectural piece is known as a pulpit canopy. Before the advent of microphones and speakers, orators would often address assemblies from elevated platforms known as “wine glass pulpits”. These podiums featured domed roofs called abat-voix, sometimes known as sounding boards, that would project sound outwards. Our walnut wood pulpit canopy is a fine example of such a device. Hand-carved and hand-painted in Italy in the 1700’s, our abat-voix is roughly octagonal in shape. Each of the sides have edges with luxuriously thick step molding, alternating between stained and gilded wood. Each of the corner cornices are adorned with gilded flower carvings, although some are missing. The interior of the canopy features a gilded open sun with sinuous rays emanating all around. Each of the sides are adorned with foliate margents surrounded by scrolls, again with some losses. All the edges are bordered with a thin layer of gilding. Although our fascinating 18th century Italian walnut pulpit canopy was designed for a church pulpit...