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Four-Poster Bed

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1890-1910

GUSN

GUSN-58653

Description

Four-poster bed with an arched canopy and reeded and carved front posts.

Details

Descriptive Terms

high-post beds
wood (plant material)
Colonial Revival
Bed
Bed, Four-Poster
Bed, Four-Poster

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

94 x 80 x 38 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

1942.2836

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