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High-post bedstead
About 1760–80
Object Place: Salem or Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Mahogany
Dimensions
204.47 x 142.24 x 198.75 cm (80 1/2 x 56 x 78 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Associated Friends of the Department of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture, The Seminarians, and the William E. Nickerson Fund
Accession Number1983.126
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurniture – Seating and beds
This leg is one of four from a high-post bed frame in the Museum's collection. The leg illustrates several of the construction and decoration topics discussed in this gallery: mortise-and-tenon joinery, turning, and carving.
ProvenanceOwned by Katherine Kipper, Concord, MA, dates unknown; to Mr. and Mrs. George Maurice Morris, date unknown; with Christie's Auction House; to MFA January 1983, purchased for $48,703.42