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Beddingis defined as being composed of those structural elementsbeds, bolsters, mattresses, and

pillowswhich underpin the sleeping experience.

A mid-19th-century American dictionary defined a bed as in modern times, and among civilized

men, a sack or tick filled with feathers or wool; but a bed may be made of straw or any other

materials.(4) These sacks used with or without a mattress, were the major component in most

18th-century sleeping units.(5) Ticking for such items of bedding were part of the regular stock of

regional merchants. In 1759, the goods ordered by storekeeper Alexander Henderson included a total

to 360 yards of Bed Tyke in two different widths and four different price grades ranging from eight

pence per yard to 15 pence a yard.(6) The following year he ordered 550 yards in two widths andfive grades.(7) In 1771, the Maryland firm of Wallace, Davidson & Johnson ordered two different

widths of bed tick to have a neat strip.(8) They also ordered 2 Bed Bunts or 20 yds bed Ticking,

offering evidence of pre-made bed ticks as well as clues to the amount of yardage required for these

essential items of bedding.(9) The following year, they ordered 2 Doz. Flock beds, evidence that

these items could be purchased already stuffed.(10) It is clear from the inventory listings that some

bedsteads had more than one bed as part of the bedding.
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State High Post Bed

c. 1725(Victoria & Albert)


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Eastern Massachusetts High Post Bedstead with Reproduction Mattresses & Bedding

c. 1760 - 1795(Winterthur)


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Massachusetts or Rhode Island High Post Bedstead



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Newport, Rhode Island, High Post Bedstead

c. 1760 - 1790(Colonial Williamsburg)


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New England High Post Bedstead



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c. 1700 - 1790(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)


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c. 1760 - 1800(Metropolitan Museum of Art)


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Connecticut High Post Bedstead



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Connecticut High Post Bedstead



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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, High Post Bedstead



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Viriginia High Post Bedstead



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Mid Atlantic High Post Bedstead



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Williamsburg, Virginia, High Post Bedstead



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American High Post Bedstead



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Charleston, South Carolina, High Post Bedstead



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American LowPost Bedstead from New England



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American LowPost Bedstead from Massachusetts



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18th Century(Skinner)


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American LowPost Bedstead from Newport, Rhode Island



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American LowPost Bedstead from Newport, Rhode Island



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American LowPost Bedstead from Pennsylvania



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American LowPost Bedstead



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American LowPost Bedstead



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American LowPost Bedstead from Williamsburg, Virginia



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American LowPost Bedstead from North Carolina



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A DESCRIPTION of the Miseries of a GARRETEER POET, Taken...

by John June 1751(Lewis Walpole Library)


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The Humourous FARCE of JOBSON and NELL from an Original Painting in VAUXHALL Gardens.

by Robert Sayer c. 1750(Lewis Walpole Library)


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The Death of Voltaireby Samuel Percy (1750 - 1820) c. Late 18th - Early 19th Century

(Victoria & Albert Museum)


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Unknown French Bedroom

18th Century(The British Museum)


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Le Repos

by Jean Baptiste Le Prince (French) c. 1771(The British Museum)


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New England Youth Bed

18th Century(Sharon Platt)


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Rhode Island Folding Bedstead



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A ST. GILES BEAUTY

by Carington Bowles c 1784(The British Museum)


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New England Folding Bedstead



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New England Folding Bedstead



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American LowPost Folding Bedstead



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Rhode Island Maple and Pine Folding Bedstead in Red Paint

18th Century(Antique Associates West Townsend)


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New England Trundle Bedstead



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New England Trundle Bedsteadc. 1700 - 1750

(Colonial Williamsburg)


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New England Trundle Bedsteadc. 1750 - 1790



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Petersburg, Virginia, Trundle Bedsteadc. 1770



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North Carolina Trundle Bedsteadc. 1750 - 1800



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North Carolina or Virginia Trundle Bedsteadc. 1750 - 1790



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Folding English or American Field Bedsteadc. 1770 - 1815



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New England Field Bedsteadc. 1780 - 1820



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Petersburg, Virginia, Field Bedsteadc. 1780 - 1800



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New York Field Bedstead Tester Framesc. 1780 - 1800



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New York Field Bedstead Tester Framesc. 1780 - 1800



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Design for a Buro Bedstead Made of deal with 5 Sham drawers in frontGillow Estimate Sketch Book 344/94 p. 310 1788

(Westminster City Archives, London)


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Mahogany Bureau-Bedsteadc. 1790

(Philips of Hitchin Antiques Ltd.)


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English Daybedc. 1690


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English, London, Daybedc. 1700 - 1720(Winterthur)


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Boston, Massachusetts, Daybedc. 1722 - 1740

(Winterthur)


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New England Daybedc. 1730 - 1770

(Winterthur)


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Massachusetts or Rhode Island Daybedc. 1730 - 1760

(Winterthur)


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New England Daybedc. 1720 - 1730

(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)


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American Daybedc. 1710 - 1730



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Rhode Island or Massachusetts Daybedc. 1730 - 1760



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Mid - Atlantic / Pennsylvania Daybedc. 1725 - 1750

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English Daybed / Couchc. 1725



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Mattresses, were not a universal part of 18th-century bedding, even inElite homes. Generally commercially made, they were stuffed with

wool, straw or, in the best examples, curled hair, and provided a firmersleeping surface than beds. Charles Carroll of Carrollton in October of1771 ordered through his English agent 4 best Wool or hairmattresses for Bed Chambersas well as 6 common strong (B?) flockmattresses for servants pretty full & strong ticked or quilted with black

thread.The following year he ordered 30 yds of thick brown Linenone yard wide proper to cover mattresses not to exceed 12 pr yard.InNovember of 1771, Charles Wallace ordered for himself 1 large goodHair Mattress. The following year, his firm ordered 2 Doz. Hairmattress sorted.
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The Morning Toilet (Dutch)

by Jan Steen 1663


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Amnon and Tamar (Dutch)by Jan Steen c. 1660 - 1670

(Wallraf-Richartz Museum)


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Trade Card for John Morris - Flock Man (Mattress Maker)18th Century

(The British Museum)


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Eastern Massachusetts Bedstead with Reproduction Mattresses & Beddingc. 1760 - 1795

(Winterthur)


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Trade Card for John Morris - Flock Man (Mattress Maker)by Robert Laurie after Antoine Daudrouin, Published by Robert Sayer 1772



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Robert Smith, George Tankerfield & their Fellow Prisoners, conferring together in Newgateby Thomas Bowles II c. 1710 - 1767


Striped Bed Tick


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American (Likely Pennsylvanian) Plain Weave / Tabby Linen Mattress Tick - Once Straw FilledWidth 54 1/2; Length 79; Selvage 27 1/4

c. 1750 - 1830



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c. 1750 - 1830



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A Country Bed or Mattress Tick of Linen - 2 Panel Construction with Center OpeningLate 18th - Early 19th Century

(Private Collection)


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Linen Bed Case82 x 51 - 3 Panels

(Private Collection - Contemporary Makers)


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Linen Bed Case82 x 51 - 3 Panels

(Private Collection - Contemporary Makers)


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