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Cradle

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1790-1830

GUSN

GUSN-25324

Description

Cradle. Pine. Brass plate marked "Moses Abbott/ Bedford, Mass/ Married Susanna Jacquith/ of Billerica/ June 22, 1820." Three-piece hood with ogival arch hood bonnet. Plain sides and arched foot board, cant out from flat bottom, shaped edge to hoodside. Two shaped rockers. Interior painted red. Exterior painted green.

Details

Descriptive Terms

cradles (children's beds)
sleeping and reclining furniture
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
CRADLE

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

24 1/2 x 34 (HxW) (inches)

Accession Number

1929.176

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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