Octagonal head posts and rails retain original red stain; turned and fluted foot posts; original sacking; bottom has been removed; tester frame not original; tops of all four posts appear to have been cut slightly.
high-post beds
sleeping and reclining furniture
mahogany (wood)
pine (wood)
staining
pine (wood)
Pine
Mahogany
Stained
BED, FOUR-POSTER
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
82 x 55.25 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.496
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