Bed, Trundle
- Object Name:
- Bed, Trundle
- Object ID:
- 1970.018.02
- Place of Origin:
- Central New Hampshire (probably)
- Date:
- 1800-1850
- Description:
- Bed, Shaker-style. Maple wood. Four pieces (a-d), includes headboard, side/end rails, and leg posts. Mortise and tenon construction; headboard pegged to posts. Rope bed with four bored holes in each short end and five holes in each long side, for rope. Plain, straight headboard. Square posts with no finials, flat on top, all terminate with inserted wooden wheels, held with a wooden peg. Evidence of pale yellow paint. Yellowish-red wash on it. Roman numerals incised on the corner posts and at ends of rails and are numbered: "ll", "lll", "V", "VII", and "VIII". Extensive repair to right rail.
- Material:
- Wood
Maple - Dimensions:
- H-16.375 W-46.875 L-51.75 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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