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Bedstead, miniature

DateCa. 1770

OriginAmerica, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

MediumMahogany throughout; linen and iron

DimensionsOH: 15 1/2"; OW: 10 1/2"; OD: 14 7/8"

Credit LineBequest of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Hennage

Object number1991-35

DescriptionMiniature tall post bedstead; columnar posts with turned collars near top of posts; square legs and applied "Marlborough" feet with molding along top edge of applied foot panels; rails beaded on top and bottom outer corners and rabbeted along inside top corners; rectangular headboard; five original linen webbing strips nailed to rabbeted inside edge of side rails; lath half lapped at corners rests around iron pins in tops of posts.
ProvenanceFormerly in the Reginald M. Lewis Collection.
Joe Kindig, Jr. & Son until 1982