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<p>[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 1868528, member: 37"]Thanks for the photos and descriptions. I have to say that the wood looks like walnut to me in this photo. May not match current walnut stock but can't think of what else it would be. Not a lot else to go on with this bed. The use of hand cut nails to attach the supports would lend to a 19th century date. The non-standard size does as well. The dowels used in the footboard are indeed odd. Styling is really not much of a clue here, as it is a pretty basic colonial form that could have been made any time. My gut says not prior to 1860 but could have been made much later in a country shop.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 1868528, member: 37"]Thanks for the photos and descriptions. I have to say that the wood looks like walnut to me in this photo. May not match current walnut stock but can't think of what else it would be. Not a lot else to go on with this bed. The use of hand cut nails to attach the supports would lend to a 19th century date. The non-standard size does as well. The dowels used in the footboard are indeed odd. Styling is really not much of a clue here, as it is a pretty basic colonial form that could have been made any time. My gut says not prior to 1860 but could have been made much later in a country shop.[/QUOTE]
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