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Bed

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1866

GUSN

GUSN-18625

Description

Eastlake style bedstead w/ incised decoration and burl walnut panels on head and footboard. Headboard topped w/ decorative arched crest flanked by turned bosses.

Details

Descriptive Terms

beds (furniture)
sleeping and reclining furniture
wood (plant material)
Eastlake
Eastlake
BED

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

56.25 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.1301

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