Bed frame from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: 1948
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
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: A bed frame from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The disassembled bed has several parts that include: a headboard (2011.12.14a), footboard (2011.12.14b), right and left side rails (2011.12.14cd), and five bed slats (2011.12.14e-i). The headboard, footboard, and siderails are constructed from a dark tone, reddish, wood with a polished mahogany veneer. The bed slats are made from partially finished natural wood. The headboard is a carved, rectangular shaped with semicircular cut outs at the top two corners. Across the top edge is a band of carved beads. It is connected at the bottom corners to two turned bedposts. The crossbar below is wide, plain, and flat. The footboard is a carved, bow shape with turned posts, and a turned, horizontal cross rail. The bedposts are taller than the headboard and footboard and end in finials. Stamped on the back of the headboard is black text that reads [NO. H. 3524. BED. 4/6/XX. / MAHOG. VENEER 2/17/48]. The two cross rails have a plain, polished front surface and an unvarnished back. Each rail has two metal hooks on each end. The five bed slats are long rectangular planks. They are also flat with a narrow thickness and vary slightly in widths. Each slat has a rough side and a smooth side.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, 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: 2011.12.14a-i
objectType: label: Type
content: bed slats
label: Type
content: bedframes
label: Type
content: footboards
label: Type
content: headboards
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: varnish on mahogany with wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.12.14a): 49 1/2 × 57 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (125.7 × 145.4 × 6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.12.14b): 43 3/4 × 57 1/4 × 2 5/8 in. (111.1 × 145.4 × 6.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.12.14c): 4 1/2 × 38 3/16 × 1 9/16 in. (11.5 × 97 × 4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.12.14d): 4 1/2 × 38 3/16 × 1 9/16 in. (11.5 × 97 × 4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.12.14e): 11/16 × 53 11/16 × 3 11/16 in. (1.8 × 136.3 × 9.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.12.14f): 11/16 × 54 × 3 11/16 in. (1.7 × 137.1 × 9.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.12.14g): 3/4 × 53 3/4 × 2 11/16 in. (1.9 × 136.5 × 6.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.12.14h): 11/16 × 54 1/16 × 2 11/16 in. (1.8 × 137.3 × 6.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.12.14i): 11/16 × 54 1/8 × 2 11/16 in. (1.8 × 137.4 × 6.8 cm)