Bed, Trundle
- Object Name:
- Bed, Trundle
- Object ID:
- 1996.521
- Date:
- circa 1825
- Description:
- Trundle Bed. Maple wood, with stained pine headboard. Nine pieces (though both side rails are braced to corner posts, making it 7 separate pieces): headboard, 4 corner posts, and 4 side/end rails. Corner posts each terminate in a wooden wheel fitted into a slot. h with a wheel. This is a rope bed with holes in each of the rails -- ends have 5 holes and the side have 7 holes each. Rails and legs are maple; headboard is probably slab of pine with dark red-brown stain. Headboard has double arches in the center, with semi-circular projections on each end. All mortise & tenon construction. All corner posts are square in cross-section and have round bullet-shaped finials. The rails have beaded exterior edges both top and bottom; crevices in which shows evidence of former pale yellow paint. Exterior of rails have horizontal channels to accommodate the rope. Engraved numbers on rails and corner posts to help identify what piece fits where. Each corner has 3 different Roman numerals from "I" to "X". Legs are slightly tapered. Outer 3 edges of each leg also have beaded edges. Iron strap hinges attach head posts to side rails. Underside shows evidence of former red wash.
- Material:
- Wood
Maple
Pine - Dimensions:
- H-26.5 W-44.25 L-60.75 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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