Description

The settle-bed was a particularly Quebec form, the banc-lit, derived from the French banc-coffre. The front and seat of settle-beds are rigidly joined and hinged at the bottom front, to fold out and down as a large open box with a straw pallet inside. The vertical rectangular panels in the framed front, back and sides of this piece are retained by separate mouldings. the back rail and downward-sloping arms end in Empire-style carved scrolls. The bracket base and feet are a vestigial English Chippendale influence.