Two hand-woven bed coverlets. These are typical coverlets showing old patterns and original faded colors. Often woolier other fibres were used in the threads of these. Some estates had loom houses where women created many suck articles for family and…
Handwoven canopy for the poster bed, 1800-1850s style. In warm weather the breezes could flow through netting. Beds were often moved to be near open windows in summer months.
Late Federal-style, c. 1830, four-poster bed. This bed was made for John Cobb and was given to his son, Howell Cobb. As governor of Georgia, Howell Cobb took this bed with him to Milledgeville while in office.