Name/Title
Bed, DeaccessionedEntry/Object ID
161Description
Rope Bed. Material: wood, textile. Size: 49" W. x 75" L. Description: brown hardwood - seven dowel spindles form headboard and footboard - rope is attached to five pegs at both head and foot - rope wound around pegs and stretched - one post at each corner - side connecting posts attached between headboard and footboard - nine pegs on each post for attaching rope to form mattress base.Context
From the George Higgins estate Janesville Township. Supposed to have been carried on elder Higgins back from Faribault. D.E. Bowe donated bed to the county in 1943 (from Waseca Herald 6 Jan 1944 - Herman Panzram reported this in annual meeting in 1944).Cataloged By
Legacy Photo ImportLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
BedNomenclature Sub-Class
Sleeping & Reclining FurnitureNomenclature Class
FurnitureNomenclature Category
Category 02: FurnishingsCreate Date
October 23, 1989Update Date
September 9, 2026