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High-post bed

Object number

RIF2597

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 93 1/2 in. (237.491 cm) Width: 52 in. (132.08 cm) Length: 79 in. (200.66 cm)

Date

1750–1800

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Maple

Style

Chippendale, Vernacular

Provenance

Mrs. L. Wister Randolph, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and Narragansett, Rhode Island, before 1974; consigned to Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, November 12–16, 1974, lot 1470

Associated names

Mrs. L. Wister Randolph
Sotheby Parke Bernet

Bibliography

Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, The American Heritage Society Auction of Americana, sale cat. (November 12–16, 1974), 400, lot 1470, ill.