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Bed

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1858-1890

GUSN

GUSN-18783

Description

Separate pieces of a bedframe. Headboard and footboard w/ thick bobbin-turned rails and stiles. Vase-and ball-turned feet. Simple stained wooden rails. Metal boxspring painted green.

Details

Descriptive Terms

beds (furniture)
sleeping and reclining furniture
metal
turning (shaping process)
wood (plant material)
Unidentified Metal
Turned
BED

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

36 x 2.75 (WxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.1453A-E

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