Headboard, footboard, and brackets from a bed from the Rock Rest Tourist Home

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Headboard (2011.12.31.1a) with brackets (2011.12.31.1bc) and footboard (2011.12.31.2a) with brackets (2011.12.31.2bc) from a bed from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. 2011.12.31.1a: The headboard is plain and features a primarily white padded headboard that is roughly rectangular in shape with rounded corners and a slightly curved top. The padded headboard is covered with white, leather grain, vinyl upholstery with mauve veining. Extending downward from the headboards are two, squared, mahogany, bed frame legs. The back of the headboard is covered in a sheer, off-white fabric that exposes the wooden frame and crossbar of the headboard and a vertical metal bar at the center of the headboard. Stapled close to the center is a white vinyl tag with the Beverly manufacturing company information printed on the front along with manufacturing information and stamped with the model number [Blended / Mass. #259].

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