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Some of the cabinets, like This looks like an average quality sideboard from the patented devices under
the 96 in. tall Champion, Depression era. Surprisingly this sideboard is really a the Extensol name and
concealed full size beds cabinet bed ready for a good night’s sleep. was sometimes called the
that simply folded down. “Expand O Matic” line. The
Others like the “New York table started with a cabinet
No.2” had hinged bed frame like a china cabinet.
frames folded inside which One drawer pulled out to
greatly reduced the size of reveal a set of runners that
the cabinet and the cost of collapsed into the cabinet.
the bed. These beds are The drawer also pulled out
not to be confused with the what appeared to be part
Murphy bed. One version of the frame of the cabinet
of the Murphy, patented in that functioned as legs
1918, pivoted on the door for one end of the table.
jamb of a closet and then When the drawer was fully
lowered into sleeping position. The 1902 Sears catalog featured what it called extended on the slides,
the “mantel bed.” It looked like a mantelpiece that had a curtain lulled over the leaves were put in place
fireplace. Pulling back the curtain revealed a single bed lying on its side that and a dining table grew out
could folded out from the wall. It offered this little harlequin treasure for $7.95. of a china cabinet. Most of these tables were made in the 1950s and 1960s.
One of the most ingenious of the harlequin beds came from the United Table- Look around your house or shop and see how many pieces of harlequin
Bed Company of Chicago in the 1920s. Looking like a normal dining table from furniture you can find.
the front, the top opened and swung back to become a headboard. The apron
Send your comments, questions and pictures to me at PO Box 215, Crystal River, FL 34423 or email them
leaves and legs then extended to form the bed frame. Another version looked to me at info@furnituredetective.com
like a small server or sideboard. The top opened up like that of a spinet desk to Visit Fred’s website www.furnituredetective.com and check out the downloadable “Common Sense
reveal a folded bedstead inside. Antiques” columns in .pdf format. His book “HOW TO BE A FURNITURE DETECTIVE” is now available for
$18.95 plus $3.00 shipping. Send check or money order for $21.95 to Fred Taylor, PO Box 215, Crystal River,
Another manufacturer reversed the Ta-Bed philosophy and used a harlequin FL 34423
cabinet to conceal a dining table. Saginaw Furniture Shops operated out of Fred and Gail Taylor’s DVD, “IDENTIFICATION OF OLDER & ANTIQUE FURNITURE”, ($17.00 + $3.00 S&H)
Sparta, MI making “novelty” furniture in the Depression era of the 1930s. are also available at the same address. For more information call (800) 387-6377 (9AM-4PM Eastern, M-F
only), fax 352-563-2916, or e-mail info@furnituredetective.com.
After 1946 they made cabinets with built in extension tables using T.E. McFall’s All items are also available directly from the website, www.furnituredetective.com

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