An charming French 19th / early 20th-century painted iron child's cot or daybed featuring decorative cast metal cresting finials and hand-painted lithograph/transfer panels depicting a guardian angel watching over sleeping children. The exterior panels exhibit delicate gilded scrolling floral detail, offering a quintessential antique shabby chic aesthetic. Heavy antique patina consistent with age and exposure, featuring extensive paint chipping, distressing, surface rust, and wear to the original cream painted finish throughout. The central angel vignettes show rubbing, paint loss, and fading. The mattress base has been replaced with a fitted OSB wooden panel for support. Structurally intact with solid iron framing. Dimensions: 127.5 cm (H) x 142 cm (W) x 70.5 cm (D)