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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Bedstead
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

Bedstead

CultureAmerican | Norfolk, Virginia?
DateEarly 19th century
MediumMahogany
DimensionsOverall: 88 x 62 1/2 x 80 3/4 in. (223.5 x 158.8 x 205.1 cm)
Credit LineChrysler Museum of Art, Moses Myers House, Norfolk, Virginia. The Historic Houses are the property of the City of Norfolk and are operated by The Chrysler Museum.
Object number97.49.84
On View
On view
DescriptionTester bed. Vase and ring turned posts terminating with plain "egg-shaped" finials. Broken arch scrolled headboard with an "acorn" finial. Woven wire spring.

Exhibition HistoryMyers House
Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett.  Sized and color-correc…
Unknown
ca. 1830
Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett.
Unknown
ca. 1785
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon  EOS 5D Mark II digital slr-2012.
Francis Hopkinson Smith
ca. 1820
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
George Hunzinger
1876
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
George Hunzinger
1876
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
George Hunzinger
1876
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
George Hunzinger
1876
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
George Hunzinger
1876
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
George Hunzinger
1876
Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett.  Sized and color-correc…
John and Hugh Finlay
ca. 1815
Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett.  Sized and color-correc…
Unknown
19th century