Headboard, footboard, and brackets from a bed from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: April 13, 1960
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Beverly Mattress Company, American
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
notes: label: Description
content: Headboard (2011.12.31.1a) with brackets (2011.12.31.1bc) and footboard (2011.12.31.2a) with brackets (2011.12.31.2bc) from a bed from the Rock Rest Tourist Home.
label: Description
content: 2011.12.31.1a: The headboard is plain and features a primarily white padded headboard that is roughly rectangular in shape with rounded corners and a slightly curved top. The padded headboard is covered with white, leather grain, vinyl upholstery with mauve veining. Extending downward from the headboards are two, squared, mahogany, bed frame legs. The back of the headboard is covered in a sheer, off-white fabric that exposes the wooden frame and crossbar of the headboard and a vertical metal bar at the center of the headboard. Stapled close to the center is a white vinyl tag with the Beverly manufacturing company information printed on the front along with manufacturing information and stamped with the model number [Blended / Mass. #259]. Stamped at the bottom center is the text [3/3], next to blue handwritten text that reads [#L1]. The back of the tag is stamped [April 13 1960].
label: Description
content: 2011.12.31.1bc: The left and right brackets are metal, brown, and L-shaped. They both have two slots and two screw holes to join the siderails and headboard together.
label: Description
content: 2011.12.31.2a: The footboard is plain and features a primarily white padded footboard that is roughly rectangular in shape with rounded corners and a slightly curved top. The padded headboard is covered with white, leather grain, vinyl upholstery with mauve veining. Extending downward from the headboards are two, squared, mahogany, bed frame legs. The back of the headboard is covered in a sheer, off-white fabric that exposes the wooden frame and crossbar of the headboard and a vertical metal bar at the center of the footboard.
label: Description
content: 2011.12.31.2bc: The left and right brackets are metal, brown, and L-shaped. They both have two slots and two screw holes to join the siderails and headboard together.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Recreation
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
label: Classification
content: Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.31.1abc-2abc
objectType: label: Type
content: bedframes
label: Type
content: footboards
label: Type
content: headboards
label: Type
content: brackets (finish hardware)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: 2011.12.31.1a, 2011.12.31.2a: vinyl on wood with cotton (textile) , padding (material) and metal
label: Medium
content: 2011.12.31.1bc, 2011.12.31.2bc: paint on metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.12.31.1a): 37 11/16 × 37 5/8 × 1 3/4 in. (95.7 × 95.5 × 4.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.12.31.1b): 2 1/16 × 3 15/16 × 8 1/16 in. (5.3 × 10 × 20.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.12.31.1c): 2 1/16 × 3 15/16 × 8 1/16 in. (5.3 × 10 × 20.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.12.31.2a): 37 × 37 7/16 × 1 9/16 in. (94 × 95.1 × 4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.12.31.2b): 2 1/16 × 3 15/16 × 8 1/16 in. (5.3 × 10 × 20.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.12.31.2c): 2 1/16 × 3 15/16 × 8 1/16 in. (5.3 × 10 × 20.5 cm)