Bed
Maker & role
Stonehill Restorations, Manufacturer
Production date
Jun 1984
Object detail
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Measurements
0 - Whole, H: 239 x W: 155 x D: 298cm (H: 2390 x W: 1550 x D: 2980mm)
Credit line
Commission, 1984
Elizabeth Farm Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Elizabeth Farm Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Caption
Elizabeth Farm - cedar four-post bedstead in the Library-Bedroom
Description
Bed - head: two tapered hardwood posts - square section. Head of solid cedar, rail of hardwood. Tongued and bolted bed-end: two cedar posts. The lower part turned feet and arched shape, recessed bolt cover plates on 2 sides, upper part of simple carved and fluted tulip form, supporting a reeded, tapered column, ending in a plain round canopy support. Side rails; two hardwood tongued into the end posts and locked with two bolts. Chiselled rebates to take 7 hardwood mattress supports. Cedar canopy mouldings to cornice detail. Iron rail round section.
Reproduction of bed in possession of Lady MacArthur Onslow, Mt Gilead. Dressed based on London pattern.
Reproduction of bed in possession of Lady MacArthur Onslow, Mt Gilead. Dressed based on London pattern.
Accession number
EFR87/19
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