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Deception beds

Scope note

Any of various kinds of concealed or disguised beds first designed in the 18th century. Such beds were among the many ingenious forms of late 19th-century patent furniture.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300038803

Broader Terms used

folding beds

Equivalent Terms used

deception bed

Created

13yrs ago

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