Bed
- Object Name:
- Bed
- Object ID:
- 1970.018.01
- Place of Origin:
- Central New Hampshire (probably)
- Date:
- 1800-1850
- Description:
- Bed, Shaker style, three-quarter size. Four pieces (attached headboard, end-rail, and posts-A, attached footboard, end-rail, and posts-B, siderails-C,D), mortise and tenon, pegged; maple posts and rails, pine headboard; red wash. Turned posts with mushroom (broad, slightly convex) finials, square mid-section (2.75" x 2.75"), ring and lozenge turning below with single incised line. Headboard has a 10" long flat section in the center which tapers down on sides; height of headboard in center is 10.5", 7" at ends. Rails 3.25" high x 2.9" wide, approx. 76" long, with tangs. End rails have five holes to accommodate ropes and the side rails have nine drilled holes. Rails all beveled on all four edges.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-34.5 W-52 D-77 inches
- Provenance:
- From the collection of Arthur W. Stevens, thought to be Shaker made. Arthur Stevens, of Concord, NH, was donor's first husband. He was president/treasurer/manager of Concord Lumber Co., and bought up farms for the lumber. It is believed that this (and the other beds in this accession) came from one of those farms, most likely a farm house in Loudon which was full of antiques.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Dorothy R. McNeilly, in memory of Arthur Webster Stevens
- People:
- Stevens, Arthur W. (1887-1962)
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