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Bedstead

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

ca. 1840

GUSN

GUSN-8091

Description

Four turned posts; ring turned feet. Headboard has rounded top with C-scrolled indentation at side. Maple stain.

Details

Descriptive Terms

beds (furniture)
sleeping and reclining furniture
maple (wood)
staining
turning (shaping process)
C-scrolls
Empire (style)
maple (wood)
ogee arches
Maple
Empire
Turned
Ogee
Stained
Scroll
BED

Associated Building

Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

47.063 x 41.25 x 3.313 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan

Accession Number

1949.513.2

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