Component, Bed

Commercial wire web mattress support, North Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:
1950.3200.1b
Community:
New York, Mount Lebanon
Makers
Wire Web Bed Company
Description

A wire web mattress support consisting of two white pine side rails, four cast iron corner connectors, two white pine head and foot rails, a length of a woven spring wire mesh pulled tight over the head and foot rails and secured with wood cleats screwed to head and foot rails. One cleat is sycamore; the other maple. Side rails have been notched on one side of ends to allow support to fit bed.

New York Mount Lebanon North Family

New York Mount Lebanon North Family

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Shaker Museum Component, Bed. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=20956. Accessed on September 24, 2024

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