In November 2013 I
decided to buy a new bed. After checking prices, I decided
I might as well buy antique.
This is an 1840-1850 era Jenny
Lind Spool Rope Bed, black walnut wood. Beds used to
have ropes to hold up the mattress, which needed regular
tightening, hence the old saying, "sleep tight...". Those
knobs and the hole had something to do with the ropes.
Old beds were also never standard, so a full-size box spring
didn't fit, so I made my own.
First picture shows before I cleaned and polished it with
Fuller Brush premium carnauba Lemon DCW (Dusts, Cleans,
Waxes) Furniture Wax.
This link shows a bed very close to this design for
$1495. Luckily I found a much better deal from a local
antique dealer.
Picture 2 shows my bed set up with my Maternal Ancestral
Photo Wall in the background (Robertson - Safford -
Leavitt). |
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| This is my bedside table
that I moved here to take a better photo of. This is early
20th century and belonged to Cyndy's aunt Helen Harris of
Newburyport (1914-2012). |
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| This is my 2-tier oak
dresser that I got from my grandmother (Marion Boudway Rhoades), likely early 20th century. The lower tier
would have held a wash basin back before the days of running
water. |
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| Here is my hurricane lamp
on top of my dresser, which is also setting on an antique
solid brass Chinese tray. Against my Paternal Ancestral
Photo Wall (Rhoades - Flagg). Photo on dresser maternal
Leavitt-Robertson family. |
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| This is my childhood lamp
from 60 years ago, with the Butcher, Baker, and Candlestick
maker, right above my dresser. |
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I'm really proud of this
classy antique ashtray. Somebody had given this to my
grandfather (Roland E Rhoades II 1912-1997). |
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| Here is my antique Morris
Chair, which has a manual Recliner mechanism. Not sure how
old it is, but my grandmother Marion sewed the patchwork
covers. |
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| 'THE BIRCHES" - This is
an original painting by my grandmother Marion Frances (Boudway)
Rhoades (1911-2008) |
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| This Seth Thomas clock belonged to my
mother's father, William Lewis Robertson (1885-1947) |
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| This chair came from my
grandmother's house (Marion Boudway Rhoades) |
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| Cyndy's Oak Kitchen Table |
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| YES, we really do still
use this telephone. I also have one of those
newfangled desk phones - it has a cord like this one, but
you can just push buttons for the numbers! What will
they think of next? |
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| TED WILLIAMS LIKES MOXIE !! |
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Oakes Family Rocking
Chair, made in the late 1800s from maple cut on the Oakes
family farm in New Albany, Nova Scotia, that Cyndy got from
Aunt Helen Harris, who got it from her mother Hilda (Oakes)
Harris. Probably made by Charles Henry Oakes Jr
(1848-1930).
Behind the chair is Cyndy's antique bookcase that she got from her Aunt
Helen Harris. To the side is a bamboo table that we got from
Nana (Marion Rhoades), and a small table and lamp from her Aunt Vi (Harris). |
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| Mahogany table that Cyndy
got from aunt Helen Harris, who got it from her aunt, Ella
(Oakes) Qualey |
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1912 wedding dress of
Hilda Emerson Oakes (1889-1973) & Roy Edward Harris
(1886-1947), held by g-dau Cyndy. We found it in the
closet when we cleaned out Cyndy's mother's house (Kathleen
Harris Poirier).
An evaluator said he estimated the dress as
older, so it could very well be originally Hilda's mother's
wedding dress, Margaret Louisa Nixon who married Charles
Oakes in 1877 Nova Scotia. Photos that we have show her as
tiny also. |
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