Morse, Frances Clary · New York, the MacMillan Co. · leaf 101
lllus. 52. — Bedstead, 1800-1810. together. There is a headboard of simple designupon this bedstead. The coverlid is an old, handspun and woven, cotton one, with a design of stars Bedsteads 75 in little cotton tufts. Such coverlids were madeabout 1815 to 1830. This bedstead is owned bythe writer.… … lUus. 53. — Low-post Bedstead, about made about 1825. The four posts are carved withthe acanthus leaf, and both head and foot board areelaborately carved. It can be seen that the bedin this illustration is not so high from the floor asthose of earlier date. The low French bedstead be-came…
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