BED
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
Four spiral posts carved in low relief with leaves topped by turned baluster finials. Headboard with two scrolls at ends of top, open at sides with two slats. Turned rial at foot with similar spiral carving. Legs consist of a long square section, with applied brass medallions, on top of a round lower section which tapers to the bun foot.
- Object name:
- BED
- Made from:
- Wood
- Made in:
- USA
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- assembled: 60 × 64 1/2 × 80 in. (152.4 × 163.8 × 203.2 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 33.160
- Class:
- FURNITURE
- Signature marks:
- INCRIPTION: VIII III [on sideboards near head] INCRIPTION: V I [on sideboards near foot]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973