Low post bedstead
Date1740-1770
MediumMaple with white pine headboard
DimensionsOH: 28 3/4", OL: 74 3/4", OW: 51"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1966-225
DescriptionLow post bedstead: Bowed headboard slotted into turned and tapered posts with baluster shaped legs, incised line around top edge of posts; chamfered rails on sides, head and foot; fitted for rope mattress; cabriole foot legs with pad feet on discs.Markings"PA" on footrail (probably 20th century), unreadable 20th cent. inscriptions on rails, Roman numerals at various joints.
ProvenanceAcquired by vendor from Mr. and Mrs. John Halford who had acquired it from the same vendor in 1915.
1790-1810
1730-1750
1770-1820
1760-1790
1790-1820
1780-1810
1790-1810
1760-1790
ca. 1760
1790-1840
1790-1810
1770-1800