Bed frame designed by Henry Boyd
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1840
name: label: Designed by
content: Henry Boyd, American, 1802 - 1886
label: Manufactured by
content: Boyd Manufacturing Company, American, ca. 1830 - 1870
notes: label: Description
content: A wooden four poster bed frame with head board and foot board. The side rails screw into the frame providing greater strength and limited hiding places for vermin. This type of frame is known as the "Boyd Bedstead."
place: label: Place made
content: Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Craftsmanship
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Emancipation
label: Topic
content: Freedom
label: Topic
content: Furniture design
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Technology
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1815-1861
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1865-1921
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
label: Exhibition
content: Making a Way Out of No Way
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 050
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.113.1a-m
objectType: label: Type
content: beds (furniture)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public Domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 79 × 57 × 84 in., 140 lb. (200.7 × 144.8 × 213.4 cm, 63.5 kg)