Sujet

Bed frame designed by Henry Boyd, ca. 1840. Creator: Boyd Manufacturing Company.

Légende

A wooden four poster bed frame with head board and foot board. The side rails screw into the frame providing greater strength and limited hiding places for vermin. This type of corded frame, invented by African-American inventor, carpenter, and a master mechanic Henry Boyd, is known as the "Boyd Bedstead." Boyd (1802-1866) was born a slave in Kentucky. His profits from his carpentry work allowed him to buy his own and his family's freedom.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A73_074

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

89,1Mo (1,6Mo) / 50,2cm x 44,5cm / 5928 x 5254 (300dpi)

Mots clés

wood people black country frame museum bed room color wooden location century furniture four poster bed African American African-American afro-american framed United States of America Colour 19th century nineteenth century heritage American America USA bedchamber bedstead four-poster bed bedroom object united states Henry bed chamber fourposter bed cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC Heritage Art Boyd beds (furniture) Boyd bedstead Boyd Manufacturing Company Henry Boyd