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1790-1830
GUSN-306329
Four-post tester bed with triangular headboard with molded edge. Head posts are square in cross-section throughout but foot posts are fluted columns above base for mattress. Gilt tin rosette covers.
tester beds
wood (plant material)
iron alloy
tin alloy
Bed
Bed, Canopy
Bed, Canopy
Original To Nickels-Sortwell House (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
United States
80 x 55 1/8 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Frances Sortwell
1958.381
1790-1830 (Probably)
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