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New England Bedstead found in Newburyport, Massachusetts

Catalog#:	Early Summer 2009
Artist:	Not Available
Category:	Rugs & Tapestries
SubType:	Textiles
Origin:	America-USA
Era:	18th Century



Completely original with mortised joints, the late eighteenth-century to early-nineteenth-century double bed was topped by an early “husband” bed rest, a rare example with ratchet back adjustment that has been newly reupholstered in watermelon calamanco. Behind the bed hangs an eighteenth-century whole cloth wool coverlet with naturalistic reapplied American crewel work depicting insects, snails and salamanders.

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