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bedstead [2 records]

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Record 1 1992-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Furniture Industries
OBS

Terminology led to some confusion in Canada in 1700 and 1800 C. Four -poster beds (lits à quenouilles) were also termed "bois de lit" "... eight birch boards, three planks and two posts to make a bedstead (bois de lit). (AINC, october 1972, Jean Palardy, p. 186, The Early Furniture of French Canada)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie du meuble

Spanish

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Record 2 1992-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Furniture Industries
  • Home Furniture
DEF

The framework of a bed supporting the springs and a mattress.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie du meuble
  • Mobilier domestique
DEF

Cadre de lit.

Spanish

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