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Bed

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1846

GUSN

GUSN-65377

Description

Panel head and footboard with gabled crest applied shape board posts taper to crocket terminal, applied square bases. Board side rains tipped by applied scrolls either end; applied molding along length overall grain painting and simulation of gothic style panels and trefoils.

Details

Descriptive Terms

beds (furniture)
sleeping and reclining furniture
graining
pine (wood)
Gothic Revival
pine (wood)
Bed
Pine
Grained
Gothic Revival
Bed

Maker

Smith, C. N. (Painter)

Location of Origin

Brooklyn, NY, USA

Dimensions

47 3/4 x 60 1/2 x 71 1/8 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret Carson Holt

Accession Number

1970.460

Places

New York state (United States)

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