Low-post bed painted blue-gray: flat-topped headboard with double-scalloped top corners; headposts turned above headboard with ball-and-button finial and vase, below headboard with elongated vase; square rails with thumbnail molding drilled with holes for rope; footposts with flattened cushion finial turned below rails with elongated vase.
Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Unknown
Attribution
Maker
Notes
Dates: 1768 - 1833
Date made: r. 1768 - 1833
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Inscription
Transcription
See description
Dimensions
Dimension Description
Overall
Height
30 in
Width
51-3/8 in
Length
77 in
Dimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 30 x 51 3/8 x 77 in. (76.2 x 130.5 x 195.6 cm)
Material
Maple
Condition
Notes
Remarks: Details of condition: Wear on rails.
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Unknown
General Notes
Note Type
Curatorial Remarks
Note
Accessioned in 1979; acquired before.
Numbered underneath foot rail
Note Type
StorageNote
Note
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Complex, Ferry House - Daughter's Room
