Furniture of the Pilgrim century, 1620-1720, including colonial utensils and hardware (1910)
Nutting, Wallace, 1861-1941 · Framingham, Boston : Old America Company · leaf 347
hy a bed is called a four poster is a puzzle as we can hardly imagine abed to be without four posts. Possibly the answer lies in the same causewhich gave the thousand-leg table its name. Obviously the reason for the simplicity of early bed posts was the factthat they were housed in by the draperies… … A HIGH Bed belonging to Mr. Geo. F. Ives. It is said not to have hadhangings at the foot. At this date the statement could scarcely be verified,but obviously there is no use of the posts without hangings. The bed is ahandsome figured maple, which came into use early in the i8th Century,when we date…
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