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Sleigh Bed
1810-181519th Century
Unidentified,
Object Type:
Furniture
Medium and Support:
wood
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of Miss Martha Anderson
Accession Number:
1983.25
A French Empire rosewood sleigh bed having gently curved ends terminating in molded plinths. This bed descended in the Ransom family of New York City. Supposedly the bed was given to Ransom by Ben Franklin and to Franklin from Napoleon.
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