Bed

Object Name:

Bed

Object ID:

1992.053

Date:

circa 1900

Description:

Bed used at the Snowshoe Club building in Concord, NH. Includes wooden bed frame, and wood and metal bedspring. Bed frame is maple wood consisting of headboard (including corner posts), footboard (including corner posts), two side rails, and four slats. Side boards have metal hooks on ends that fit into slots on corner posts. Corner posts are square in cross section with slightly rounded tops. Headboard is panel construction with four rails and three panels between rails. Crest rail is slightly rounded on top and has a leaf carving decoration. Footboard has two rails with a panel between, also with a rounded crest with leaf carving. Side rails have bracket ends with slightly serpentine shape. Four slats, undersides have similar leaf carvings as the head/foot boards. Drilled holes at bottom of each corner post, probably to hold wheels.
Bedspring: 5.25" high x 73.75" long x 36.5" wide. Wood is pine. Frame is made of 2x4s, bolted together, with metal (iron or steel) spring attached to the top. Springs are attached at short ends, and are held in with braces. Stenciled on interior of right side rail in black, "A O WHITNEY / NEWPORT / N H".

Material:

Wood
Maple
Metal

Dimensions:

H-46 W-39.5 L-75 inches

Provenance:

Bed was used at the Snowshoe Club building, located at the end of Via Tranquilla Lane (off of Little Pond Road) in Concord NH. Bed has the mark of Albert O. Whitney, dry goods merchant in Newport, NH, stencilled on its side.

Credit Line:

Gift of The Snowshoe Club, Concord, New Hampshire

People:

Whitney, Albert O. (1850- )