Tag Archives: Charles-Honoré Lannuier

Fit for a Lord of the Manor: A Tester Bedstead Attributed to Duncan Phyfe

Posted on September 28, 2019 by mansionmusings

On November 29, 1955, Justine Bayard Erving—an unmarried descendent of the Van Rensselaer lords of the manor—died in a New York nursing home at the age of 73. The following year, a classical tester bedstead—later attributed to the influential cabinetmaker … Continue reading →

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Portrait of a Patron: Isaac Bell and Saint-Mémin

Posted on March 16, 2018 by mansionmusings

Who originally slept in Bartow-Pell’s Lannuier bed? Isaac Bell (1768–1860) and his wife, Mary Ellis Bell (1791–1871), of New York City commissioned the bedstead from Charles-Honoré Lannuier (1779–1819) upon their marriage in 1810, and the cabinetmaker completed it between 1812 … Continue reading →

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