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Miniature Bed

Furniture MakerMade by John Gardiner Thurber

Original OwnerOriginally owned by Tremaine K. Field American

Dateafter 1849

ClassificationsFurniture

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Edward B. Field

Object number1930.8.1

InscribedA piece of cream-colored cloth tape is affixed to the bottom of the right rail. Hand-written in blue ink is, "T. K. Field".NotesHistorical Note: According to a letter written by the donor, this was made by her uncle, John Gardiner Thurber. He was a "forty-niner", and went to California in 1849 to find gold. He was aboard ship when he made this, returning from the gold fields of California via Cape Horn.

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