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Creole-Style Cabriole-Leg Table, ca. 1790-1825 Mahogany and cherry with cypress (battens); 27 x 31 x 22 in. LSU Museum of Art Gift of Friends of LSU Museum of Art and Winifred Gill in memory of her husband, James Monroe Gill Photograph by Jim Zietz, courtesy of The Historic New Orleans Collection in the middle of the frieze. These were executed locally in black inlay or composition and a number are composed of dyed pieces of inlay. It is safe to state the more inlaid monograms appear on New Orleans armoires than on the case pieces made elsewhere in America. 378 BEDSTEADS There are no Louisiana-made bedsteads that can be said with any degree of certitude, date from the eighteenth century. There are, however, a fair number of Creole examples in the Federal style, dating from the early nineteenth century. At least two extraordinary inlaid high-post bedsteads blending French, CREOLE AND ACADIAN TRADITIONS OF EARLY LOUISIANA FURNITURE Spanish, and Anglo-American elements survive (page 370). From the French came the narrow side rails affixed with ledgers to support slats for mattresses stuffed with Spanish moss. From the Spanish came the high arched or melonshaped headboards. From the Anglo-American tradition came the delicate light wood inlay—in this case, swags and tassels similar to those created by the Butterfly Man. Also the turnings of the posts rely on Anglo-American precedents; however, the height and attenuation of the posts is a purely Louisiana innovation. The low post bedsteads share similar turnings with the larger beds and frequently have the melonshaped headboards. The shorter posts terminate in ball, urn, or knop finials. 

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