Bed

Furniture

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Boscobel House and Gardens

Name/Title

Bed

Entry/Object ID

F 76.41

Description

Carved mahogany tester bedstead with matching head and footposts, all with reeded sections enriched with wheat ears and leaf collars above baluster members carved with upright stylized water leaves, on turned legs ending in brass caps, double-arched headboard, tester. Reproduction white striped dimity curtains.

Category

Furniture

Acquisition

Accession

F 76.41

Source or Donor

Joe Kindig

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Credit Line

Purchase, 1976

Furniture Details

Furniture Type

Bed

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown

Date made

1810 - 1820

Place

City

New York City

State/Province

New York

Country

America

Continent

North America

Material

Mahogany

Condition

Notes

Not examined for condition (10/28/08).

Provenance

Notes

Purchased from Joe Kindig, York, PA, 9/9/1976 $7,500