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Labor Day--Relax

It's a holiday and I'm out of here early in the AM. Either that or I'm going to sleep till mid morning. So since I may rack out here is the trivia.

These are six types of beds. Name them.

Originally (but not todays version) placed lengthways to the wall. This bed has two scrolled ends reminescent of a colonial vehicle.

This is two single beds placed together joined with a cornice�sometimes with a people height arch of wood as a decorative effect between the two lower inside corners of the beds. This defines a space between the two beds where a person can walk in order to make up the beds.

This is a bed with neither canopy or posts other than a head and foot board.

This is a bed where a canopy is attached to the wall or it may be part of an extended tall headboard. It does not reach as far as the half way length of a bed. Sometimes it is wood sometimes draped textiles on a open frame.

This bed was a room within a room as all sides were closed in with �cabinet� doors to be closed at night. It usually was high off the floor and required steps to crawl into the opening.

This is a bed where a second bed fits underneath.

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#1-Sleigh Bed

#6-Trundle Bed

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Numbers 1 and 6 are correct.

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The types of bed are the following, and and sourced by "The New Encyclopedia of Furniture, Joseph Aronson, 1967. For the first day of school Ken gets two of the six gold stars available.

1. Sleigh bed

2. Summer bed - this was to give a husband and wife "more air" in warmer climates. It also made maid service easier.

3. Stump bed - no canopy or post as the sides connected directly to a heavy head and foot panel

4. Angel bed - no pillars in front (foot of the bed)

5. Box Bed - (sometimes Netherlands/Dutch Box Bed) The steps I referred to may also have had a liftable tread and served as a storage area for bedding, or a container serving as a toilet (hopefully not both however).

6. Trundle Bed

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