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Carter No.: 497

Handlist description: Bedstead. (For foot-panel see 576.)

Card/Transcription No.: 497


497 BEDSTEAD 
(See No. 576)

POSITION: Cast on top of material at N. end of chamber (see photo 1145).

POSITION: L. 177; W. 103; H. (head end) 42.5; H. (foot end) 37; cents.

DESCRIPTION: Wooden bedstead of usual form; legs of feline form; curved stretchers to frame and linen string webbing. Foot panel broken off (see No. 576), and much warped from being upon an uneven surface.

Card no. 497 relating to Carter no. 497
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