Bed
1780-1785 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
(From original 1967 register) Doll's mahogany four-poster bed with a canvas and string base and four sections of a calico canopy printed in a brownish-yellow pattern on a white ground (patent number 976 etc) and fringed in yellow wool.
Fittings:
mattress covered with blue-striped calico
bolster covered with blue-striped calico (in white cotton case?)
pillow covered with blue-striped calico, in white cotton case
pillow covered with blue-striped calico, in white cotton case
sheet, double length, cotton
blanket, double length, white wool
coverlet of heavy white cotton with matching fringe
Fittings:
mattress covered with blue-striped calico
bolster covered with blue-striped calico (in white cotton case?)
pillow covered with blue-striped calico, in white cotton case
pillow covered with blue-striped calico, in white cotton case
sheet, double length, cotton
blanket, double length, white wool
coverlet of heavy white cotton with matching fringe
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Mahogany, canvas, string, calico, cotton |
| Brief description | Four poster bed for a doll: mahogany with a printed calico canopy; mattress and bedding; made in the United Kingdom, 1780-1785 |
| Physical description | (From original 1967 register) Doll's mahogany four-poster bed with a canvas and string base and four sections of a calico canopy printed in a brownish-yellow pattern on a white ground (patent number 976 etc) and fringed in yellow wool. Fittings: mattress covered with blue-striped calico bolster covered with blue-striped calico (in white cotton case?) pillow covered with blue-striped calico, in white cotton case pillow covered with blue-striped calico, in white cotton case sheet, double length, cotton blanket, double length, white wool coverlet of heavy white cotton with matching fringe |
| Dimensions | The original register entry states that the bed measures 22 x 12½ inches, but it is not clear to which aspects of the bed these dimensions refer |
| Credit line | Given by Misss Rachel Verdin |
| Object history | Given by Miss Rachel Verdin (RF 67/89). The original 1967 register entry states that the bed originally belonged to Miss Janet Andrew Gibson, and that Miss Margaret Andrew made the bed clothes. The bed then passed to the Misses Fleming, to Isabella Fleming, and then was "presented by Mrs Graham of Kilbarchan to members of the fifth generation in 1908". |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | MISC.5-1967 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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