This bed frame was made from Birds'eye Maple and Cherry. The wood came from the Upper Penninsula of Michigan and returned there in the form of this headboard.  
Custom Fine Furniture by Alan Young
WoodwardWoodworks
114 Woodward Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197
734 218-5803
alan@woodwardwoodworks.com
@2008 alan young
The curved top is laminated maple strips which I then face veneered with more Birds'eye Maple separated by small strips of  Cherry.  The dowels are Maple wrapped in hand-planed Cherry to form the cattails.

Custom Fine Furniture by Alan Young
http://www.woodwardwoodworks.com
114 Woodward Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197
734 218-5803
alan@woodwardwoodworks.com
Here's a farication shot-Gluing up the Arch.