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Wooden prison bed

Date made: c.1870

Description: Wooden prison bed. Pine slatted bed base, low to ground. Used with or without straw mattress. Integral wooden 'pillow'. Used as a punishment bed. This bed was probably originally used at Castle Rushen when it was a prison and later transfered to Victoria Road Prison.

Measurements: overall: 185 x 67 x 24 cm

Materials: Pine, Wood

Object name: bed

Collection: Furniture Collection

ID Number: 1990-0102/1

Subject tags : #MM100

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