Bed

Object Name:

Bed

Object ID:

1999.040.121.1-.3

Date:

1920-1930

Description:

Bed, childhood bed of Annalee Davis (Thorndike). Consists of head/foot end boards (.1-.2), box spring mattress (.3), 2 coverlets (.4-.5), and bed hanging (.6); no side rails present. Head/foot end boards are cherry with maple posts; mortise and tenon construction. Boards have a straight bottom, and serpentine top with scrolled ends. Posts spool turned, with center blocks. The center blocks have slots to accept the side rails (not present). One end board (.2) is marked in pencil "Annalee / Davis / her bed". Posts stamped number "3" in several locations, including on the center blocks and on the turning. Several empty screw holes on both head and foot boards probably for brackets to attach the bed. Holes in feet of both end boards (perhaps to accept wheels).
.1 Head/Foot board. 38.25" x 32" x 3.5".
.2 Head/Foot board. 38.25" x 32" x 3.5".
.3 Mattress. Wooden frame covered with heavy fabric, overshot weave. Supported by system of metal springs mounted on wood boards and connected in a web pattern with twine. Burlap liner between the springs and the top. 10.25" high, 74" long, 30" wide.

Material:

Wood
Textile
Metal

Dimensions:

H-38.25 W-32 inches

Provenance:

Part of the bedroom furniture used by Annalee Davis as a girl, when she lived with her grandparents on Centre St. in Concord, NH, mid-1920s to 1930s; Annalee and her mother and sisters moved in with her mother's parents (Ladd), after the death of Annalee's father. Annalee reminisced that her doll-making business began in that Concord bedroom, as she invited friend over to help her make dolls.

Credit Line:

Gift of Annalee Davis Thorndike

People:

Thorndike, Annalee (1915-2002), Ladd, Fred N. (1859-1934)

Subjects:

Beds, Bedspreads, Blankets, Coverlet, Bed curtain