Baby's cot
Category
Childcare objects
Date
circa 1920
Materials
Canvas, cotton and metal
Measurements
467 mm (width); 725 mm (height); 913 mm (length)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 663005
Summary
A baby's cot made from cream canvas suspended on a cream painted metal frame (circa 1920). The base of the canvas cot is supported by khaki canvas stretched across a frame which in turn is supported by upholstery webbing. The cream canvas cot is covered with brown and white check drapes. Protruding through the drapes at one end of the cot are two wing nuts painted cream. Inside is a cream heavy cotton mattress covered with a white cotton jersey fitted mattress cover. Total number of items is 3.