Cradle

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1740-1760

GUSN

GUSN-14307

Description

Splayed sides; corner posts at head topped with urn and ball finial; foot post topped with bun finials; shaped rockers; unfinished wood.

Details

Descriptive Terms

cradles (children's beds)
sleeping and reclining furniture
maple (wood)
pine (wood)
Bed
Bed, Child's
Cradle
Cradle

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

20 1/2 x 46 1/2 x 21 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.324

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