Trundle bedstead

DateCa. 1770

MediumAsh, yellow pine headboard

DimensionsOH: 18 1/2"; OW: 47 1/2"; OD: 77"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1978-30,2

DescriptionTrundle bed with flattened ball finials atop posts; head posts cylindrical above blocking at rails with decorative scribe marks; head and foot posts cylindrical below rails with decorative scribe marks; shaped headboard with four scallops across top (three now partially broken), flat on bottom; rails rectangular in cross section with holes for rope in set in a channel grooves around the outside of the rails; beads around top and bottom outside edges of rails.