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Four-poster Bed

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Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1936-1942

GUSN

GUSN-57707

Description

Straight posts with champhering above the rails; arched headbrds

Details

Descriptive Terms

high-post beds
sleeping and reclining furniture
BED, FOUR-POSTER

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

85 x 78 x 41.125 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.4107.2

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