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How do you know if you have an original Jenny Lind Crib? We came across a crib and cradle.
Thank you Cindy
Hi Cindy
Nice to hear from you.
You will have to get someone who knows old furniture to look at your crib, but to the best of my knowledge, Jenny Lind beds are a style of beds named after the famous singer and she had no hand in the making of them.
She was born in 1820 and died in 1887.
I think any type of bed that has spindles is often referred to as a Jenny Lind.
In fact a fruit, a cake a soup and a train were also named after her and probably a lot more.
I have certainly seen a few old cribs in my day, and they are very different in size from todays.
In fact most old ones I have come across are about 1/3 the size of todays. And the bars are much farther apart than todays. I suspect the ones I have came across were no older than about 1930, but I have no knowledge of when cribs came into use after cradles and baskets.
And now you have me wondering..LOL
If I can find an answer to that I will get back to you.
Kindest Regards
Eileen
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| Comment | I want to Thank You for looking into Jenny Lind Cribs. A friend and I have been looking every where to see if just maybe the cribs have a label or number or something to show it is a real Jenny Lind crib but we came to a dead end I want to Thank you again for looking into it and being so nice about it :) Cindy | ||
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