Bed. Pine, metal, paint. Grained to imitate rosewood with reddish-brown basecoat and black/brown glaze. Identical headboard and footboard. Rests on block, baluster and ring-turned legs connected by round rails.
beds (furniture)
sleeping and reclining furniture
metal
wood (plant material)
Empire (style)
Unidentified Metal
Empire
BED
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
46 3/8 x 57 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.368
Massachusetts (United States)
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