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Folding bed

Object number

RIF4749

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 81 × 54 × 75 in. (205.74 × 137.16 × 190.5 cm)

Date

1740–60

Current location

Little Compton Historical Society

Geography

Made in Rhode Island, or made in Westport, Massachusetts
(view a map of Rhode Island)

Medium

Maple

Style

vernacular style

Provenance

Carlton C. Brownell, Little Compton, Rhode Island; given to the Little Compton Historical Society, Rhode Island, 1960

Associated names

Carlton Coggeshall Brownell

Bibliography

"Little Compton Historical Society: Bed, Folding," http://littlecompton.pastperfect-online.com/35259cgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=F3A0E1C6-E290-4CBF-8356-429109260450;type=101 (accessed March 18, 2010).