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Four-poster Bed

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1900-1925

GUSN

GUSN-60698

Description

2 turned & carved foot posts; 2 turned head posts

Details

Descriptive Terms

high-post beds
sleeping and reclining furniture
maple (wood)
Colonial Revival
maple (wood)
Maple
Colonial Revival
BED, FOUR-POSTER

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

80 x 80 x 42.5 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

1942.2108

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