Folding bed

Date1780-1820

MediumMaple and white pine

DimensionsOH: 30 1/2"; OL: 74 1/4"; OW: 41 3/4"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1954-501

DescriptionBed: folding footposts with flattened ball top and bulbous leg, containing three circumscribed lines around center; leg folds inward just above turned section; turned headposts with flattened ball top and bulbous leg, with molded rings above and three circumscribed lines around center; rectangular headboard, curved at upper corners and cut out at sides where it joins headposts; "square" headrail with chamfered corners; rectangular footrail, blocked at either end where it joins legs; rectangular side rails blocked at juncture of footpost and at folding joint, about one third of way from headposts; pair of tapering, rectangular sectioned legs forming support at folding joint; octagonal cross support joins two supporting legs; entire bed covered with old red paint.

Woods: The posts and rails are maple, the headboard white pine.