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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:American
Title:Trundle Bed
Type:Furniture
Materials:pine, leather
Place Made:North America; United States
Measurements:Bed 54 x 41.5 in. inside. Foot posts 18 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. Head posts 14 3/8 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. Side, head, and foot rails 3 x 2 1/2 in. Side boards 5/8 in. Foot board 3/4 in.
Accession Number:  MH SK B.10.A.12.2
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College

Label Text:
SKINNER CATALOGUE: An early (probably 18th century) cord trundle bed - in England called truckle bed - in pine. 18 3/4" x 3 1/2" x 2 1/2" square foot posts, 14 3/8" x 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" square head posts, 3" x 2 1/2" square side, head, and foot rails. 5/8 inch side boards, 3/4 inch foot board, no head board. Strip leather tired round wooden wheels operating on wooden pegs for castors. Perfectly plain with no ornamentation. Bed 54" x 41 1/2" inside
Trundle beds were used for the children to sleep on, being pulled out at night and rolled in under the parents' bed in the day time to be out of the way. Some rolled in at the end, as this one does, and some at the side. Cat 3/27/1936

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furniture

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