Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1885, ebonized wood housing, metal mattress frame with coils, "5734A" stamped and "SMITH & c." stenciled to back, two fragmentary paper labels with directions for use to back, 55-1/2 x 54-3/4 x 27 in.; with textile covered panel removed for preservation, 10 x 9 x 1/4 in.
Provenance: Gift of Elinor Merrell, New York, NY, 1986; Property from the Brooklyn Museum
Exhibited: Luce Visible Storage/Study Center, Brooklyn, NY., "Metamorphic Furniture", January 2005-April 2008.
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Gift of Elinor Merrell, New York, NY, 1986; Property from the Brooklyn Museum
wear to finish and abrasions to wood commensurate with age and use, oxidation to metal; textile fragment with notable shattering and loss, some pieces retained
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