head piece allows a blanket or cloth to be hung overhead to keep draft away from child
Cataloged By
SRJ
Category
Household
Acquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Elwood and Ruth (Hartman) Weaver
Furniture Details
Furniture Type
Bed
Made/Created
Date made
circa 1847
Place
River
Dry River
Region
Shenandoah Valley
State/Province
Virginia
Continent
North America
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term
Cradle
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Bed, Child's
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Bed
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Sleeping & Reclining Furniture
Nomenclature Class
Furniture
Nomenclature Category
Category 02: Furnishings
Material
Walnut, Wood, Stained
Location
Room
Dining Room
Building
Burkholder-Myers House
Inventory
Inventory Project
INV2026.1
Inventoried By
Hannah Hendricks
Inventoried Date
Mar 2, 2026
Inventory Project
INV2025.1
Inventoried By
Hannah Hendricks
Inventoried Date
Jun 5, 2025
Condition
Reason for Exam
Inventory
Overall Condition
Very Good
Date Examined
Jun 5, 2025
Provenance
Notes
Cradle belonged to Samuel Coffman, who married Frances Weaver Nov. 11, 1847. It was passed down to their youngest daughter, Rebecca Susan Coffman (Perry) Hartman--Ruth's grandparents
Intake
Loan In
L0028
Lender
Elwood and Ruth (Hartman) Weaver
Actual Arrival Date
Aug 31, 2007
General Notes
Note
typed genealogy of Samuel Coffman's descendants on file
