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Folding bed

Object number

RIF4751

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

73 × 50 × 18 1/2 in. (185.42 × 127 × 46.99 cm)

Date

1700–1725

Current location

Little Compton Historical Society

Geography

Made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Maple

Style

Vernacular

Provenance

By descent in the Seabury family, Little Compton, Rhode Island; by descent to Dr. John Seabury Hathaway; given to the Little Compton Historical Society, Rhode Island, 1978

Associated names

Seabury family
Dr. John Seabury Hathaway

Bibliography

"Little Compton Historical Society: Bed, Folding," http://littlecompton.pastperfect-online.com/35259cgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=DA76DB1A-89AE-41BD-AEF8-034460581252;type=101 (accessed March 18, 2010).