Bed

Furniture

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Bed

Entry/Object ID

VC.58.428

Description

"Pencil-post: bed: tester top posts, tapering to top, have chamfered edges, giving octagonal section to posts above height of bottom of headboard; below bottom of headboard, posts square; headboard plain, tenoned into head posts at two points each side, with semi-circular portions cut away from sides of headboard between tenons, and having horizontal crest with concave profile at each side; rails fitted with 24 holes for ropes; corner blocks.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1700 - 1733 Date made: r. 1700 - 1733

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

80 in

Width

52-1/2 in

Length

75 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 80 x 52 1/2 x 75 in. (203.2 x 133.4 x 190.5 cm)

Material

Cherry, Pine, Rope

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: Tester rails perhaps replacements.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Unknown

General Notes

Note Type

General Note

Note

Hgt (rails): 20 3/4"; 52.71 cm Hgt (headboard): 36"; 91.44 cm

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Manor, Lean-to Room