Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 87
gainst thewall in a closet made to fit the bed, and the closetdoors were closed or curtains were drawn overthe bedstead. There is a slaw-bank in the oldSumner house in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, builtin 1797. Bedsteads 63 Illustration 44 shows a curious bedstead madeabout 1750, when it was used by… … Illus. 45.— Field Bedstead. 1760-1770. Chippendale chair, and the effect is similar to thatof the couches shown in Illustration 164 and Illustra-tion 165 ; but this piece was evidently intended for abed, as it is considerably wider than the couches,which were day beds. The wood of this bed-stead is…
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