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Re: Jefferson (Bachelor's) Chair - another freebit
« Reply #15 on: September 30, 2012, 08:46:28 pm »
Frogpatch, I love those beds.  Much fancier than a typical Murphy bed the ones I have seen.

Went in an antique store last year and there was a Victorian one that looked like an ornate fireplace mantle - way before Murphy beds were around!  I immediately went to the counter to ask how much it was...and it had just been sold for $300!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Re: Jefferson (Bachelor's) Chair - another freebit
« Reply #16 on: September 30, 2012, 08:49:44 pm »

This one sold for $4200 - alot like the one I saw

AND.....they even made fold out Piano beds in the late 1800's for the parlors!
 
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Re: Jefferson (Bachelor's) Chair - another freebit
« Reply #17 on: September 30, 2012, 08:58:18 pm »
Definitely not a bed for the restless sleeper.  Could play quite the tune while you snored.  :D

Amazing what people came up with and the amount of artistry that went into something so utilitarian.  Love them!
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Re: Jefferson (Bachelor's) Chair - another freebit
« Reply #18 on: October 01, 2012, 01:33:46 am »
And here was me thinking, that penultimate pic.....was of a piano...that had been dropped from a great height...
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Re: Jefferson (Bachelor's) Chair - another freebit
« Reply #19 on: October 01, 2012, 04:20:01 am »
Wow is pretty much all I can say  :o
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Re: Jefferson (Bachelor's) Chair - another freebit
« Reply #20 on: October 01, 2012, 05:42:45 am »
Amazing quarter sawn oak in that one photo! :o
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