Bedstead

Furniture

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Bedstead

Entry/Object ID

PM.65.856

Description

Child's bedstead with octagonally chamfered posts: short, terminating in taper which is rounded; built-in brass casters at bottom of legs, small arched head and foot boards; rails with 9 rectangular depressions each for receiving boards; old red paint.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1768 - 1799 Date made: r. 1768 - 1799

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

# 278

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

18-1/2 in

Width

39 in

Length

52-3/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 18 1/2 x 39 x 52 3/4 in. (47 x 99.1 x 134 cm)

Material

Pine, oak, brass

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Unknown

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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