Child's Folding Bed
DimensionsOverall (Folded): 95 × 35 × 122 cm (0.95 × 0.35 × 1.22 m)
Credit LineGift of the Fredin family, 1979
Object number1979.030.008
Label TextThis folding bed is a great example of functional furniture. The construction allows for it to be folded closed when not in use, and the wheels allow it to be moved around. Beds and cribs made of slats or spindles, which allowed the free flow of air, became popular during the 19th century. Excessive rocking was believed to cause harm to infants so fixed beds such as this one became more popular than cradles with rockers.
NameBed, Folding
John Madden
c. 1910
c. 1890-1910
1945 - 1949