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Sleigh or French Bed. Mahogany and mahogany veneer. French brass or ormolu mounts. Original maple casters, cherry supports screwed to side rails to support bed frame. Rectangular headboard and footboard; flanked by four half columns with gilded capitals on each side of headboard and footboard; one concave side; one straight side. Rests on turned feet.
sleigh beds
sleeping and reclining furniture
cherry (wood)
mahogany (wood)
maple (wood)
gilt bronze
veneering
cherry (wood)
Empire (style)
maple (wood)
vines
Mahogany
Maple
Cherry
Ormolu
Veneered
Empire
Vine
BED, SLEIGH
Codman, Charles Russell, 1784-1852
Codman, Ogden, 1839-1904
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Vose, Isaac, Sr., 1767-1823 (Cabinetmaker)
Vose, Isaac, Jr., 1794-1872 (Cabinetmaker)
41 x 69 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.3260
Massachusetts (United States)
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