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Bedstead

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1915-1935

GUSN

GUSN-51018

Description

Single bed with four turned posts ending in acorn shaped finials, conforming with lower foot posts with a turned foot on casters. It has a shaped headboard and side rails.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bedframes
sleeping and reclining furniture
mahogany (wood)
Colonial Revival
Mahogany
Colonial Revival
BEDSTEAD

Inscription

Stenciled in white, into the back headboard is: 169.92 (or) 165.92 .

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

49 x 39.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.639

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