"Press" bed: low posts square, simply turned lower half, finals turned in form of flattened mushrooms; headboard plain, with triangularly gabled crest; rails fitted with 26 holes for rope mattress support; side rails hinged about 18" from head; two legs at hinges; square upper halves, simply turned below, connected by board dowelled into them; upper edges of board concave; old blue paint.
Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Unknown
Attribution
Maker
Notes
Dates: 1700 - 1733
Date made: r. 1700 - 1733
Dimensions
Dimension Description
Rail hgt: 19"; 48.26 cm
Height
33-1/2 in
Width
53 in
Length
77 in
Dimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 33 1/2 x 53 x 77 in. (85.1 x 134.6 x 195.6 cm)
Material
Maple, Pine
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Unknown
General Notes
Note Type
Curatorial Remarks
Note
Folding bed designed to be fitted into press, or stood on end and covered, when not in use.
Note Type
StorageNote
Note
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Complex, Ferry House - Travelers' Chamber/SW
