The Monroes' high-post bed, distinguished by its handcarved feather-and-palm motifs, conceals a trundle, which provided additional sleeping space. The gentleman's washstand beside the Monroes' bed is American, circa 1815, in the late Sheraton style. Eli Terry of Connecticut, the clockmaker who taught Seth Thomas, is believed to have made the pillar-and-scroll clock on the mantel.

Monroe bed