Bed

Furniture

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Bed

Entry/Object ID

VC.58.227

Description

Bedstead, low-post: upper posts turned, round, with flattened mushroom terminals; posts square at junctures of rails; lower portions of posts turned in elongated tapering vase shapes, terminating in ring-turning, beneath which, small tapering round turning; headboard plain, triangularly gabled crest; rails, fitted, with 48 wooden pegs for attachment of rope mattress support, bolted to posts; original bolts and nails; narrow plain triangularly gabled footboard; original green paint.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Date made

1768 - 1833

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Width

50 in

Length

73 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 50 x 73 in. (127 x 185.4 cm)

Material

Pine, Bolt (s), Nails, Maple, Rope

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Unknown

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Turnings of feet reflect influence of "Sheraton" type of Classical bedstead feet, indicating dating in late 18th early 19th century.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Complex, Ferry House - Free Blacks' Chamber/SE