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Niagara Region, Ontario
Around 1840
Pine and oak, with original red paint
93(h) x 90(w) x 155(l) cm

Accession Number: CMH 2007.22.119 a-m

Photo Number: IMG2014-0140-0441-Dm

Child’s Rope Bed

The well-proportioned turnings on the four posts of this bed frame mark the increasing influence of the Empire style in Canada during the period 1830 to 1850. Relatively few beds of this size and period have survived.

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