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Bedstead

United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”)

In the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bedstead, United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”), 1830–60, Maple, pine

Maker: United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”)
Date: 1830–60
Medium: Maple, pine
Dimensions: 71 x 30 x 31 in. (180.3 x 76.2 x 78.7 cm)
Form: Bed
Origin: New Lebanon
Culture: American, Shaker
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession: 1981.226
Credit line: Purchase, Anonymous Gift, 1981

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