Bed

Furniture

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Bed

Entry/Object ID

VC.58.415

Description

Bedstead, low-post: square posts, tapering to bottom; mushroom turnings top head posts; simple turnings, foot posts; rails, fitted with 28 holes for rope mattress support, are tenoned into posts; headboard plain, with horizontal crest having concave profile each side, and is tenoned into head posts. Rail height: 27 1/2"

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1668 - 1699 Date made: r. 1668 - 1699

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

28-1/2 in

Width

48-3/4 in

Length

74-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 28 1/2 x 48 3/4 x 74 1/2 in. (72.4 x 123.8 x 189.2 cm)

Material

Rope, oak, Pine

Condition

Notes

Overall Analysis: Headboard may be slightly later replacement (18th century).

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Unknown

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Mr. John M. Graham II, Curator of Furnishings, Colonial Williamsburg, indicates that tests of the wood revealed them to be American, and that bedstead was of 17th century, in his opinion, and in that of the dealer. Seventeenth century dating of bedstead makes it one of the very earliest American beds extant. Headboard, which does not fit exactly, may be possibly be later replacement. Check condition. I wouldn't say excellent.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Complex, Ferry House - Travelers' Chamber/SW