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On Display: House - Pennsylvania German Bedroom
Bed
1810-1840
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
Pottstown; Pennsylvania; Montgomery; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Maple
- Pine
- Paint
Museum Object Number
1981.0010
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1981.0010
Object Name
Bed
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
Pottstown; Pennsylvania; Montgomery; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1810-1840
Materials
- Maple
- Pine
- Paint
Dimensions (inches)
35 (H) x 49.75 (W) x 73.875 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
88.9 (H) x 126.365 (W) x 187.643 (L)
Measurement Notes
OH at headpost, OW at frame, OD at frame.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Catalogue: Garvan, Beatrice B. & Hummel, Charles F. 1982 The Pennsylvania Germans: a celebration of their arts, 1683-1850. An exhibition organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 52, plate 109, pages 155 and 177.Book: Cooper, Wendy A. & Minardi, Lisa. Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1725-1850.
• Published: p. 7, fig. 1.7 and p. 231, fig. 1.7Article: Evans, Nancy Goyne. 2014 Documentary Evidence of Colored Finishes and Decoration on Bedsteads and Cornices: Late Colonial and Federal Periods. American Furniture. 224-256.
• Published: p. 238, fig. 10.