Bed consisting of a heavy maple frame with half-lapped corner joints, frame drilled for rope, four turned maple legs with cast iron fitting secured to bottoms to hold turned maple wheels with steel axles, and a pine headboard supported by two maple cleats screwed to the back which are through-mortised into the head rail. Mustard yellow paint or wash on surfaces. No rope.
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Shaker Museum Bed. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=20949. Accessed on September 24, 2024
