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Four-poster Bed

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Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1925-1949

GUSN

GUSN-70090

Description

Oct posts, marlborough legs; pln tester frame with rods for curtn

Details

Descriptive Terms

high-post beds
sleeping and reclining furniture
birch (wood)
brass (alloy)
Birch
Brass
BED, FOUR-POSTER

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

90.25 x 66.125 x 82.625 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.3277

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