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The arched head board is flanked by two turned head posts; the foot posts with baluster-turned upper section; the posts are surmounted by an arched tester frame and four urn-shaped finials; rails have original linen webbing attached with nails and painted lead.
field beds
sleeping and reclining furniture
maple (wood)
painting (coating)
turning (shaping process)
Federal
maple (wood)
Children's furnishing
Maple
Turned
Painted
Federal
BED, CANOPY, CHILD'S
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
54.5 x 30 x 52.75 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1530
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