The king-size, four-posted, tiger maple bed selected by the Obamas from Leonards New England in Seekonk.

Courtesy of Leonards New England

President-elect Barack Obama — soon to be President Obama — is getting a bed from a Seekonk store.

Leonards New England, which specializes in antique and reproduction beds, yesterday delivered an 1820s tall-post tiger maple bed to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, D.C.

“Around the back, they said,” were the delivery instructions, said Gayle Ulrich of Leonards.

The bed, an original, was resized to standard king size, said Aaron Jenkins, whose father owns the store.

The delivery truck left the store at midnight to ensure delivery by yesterday morning, Ulrich said. She would not say how much the bed cost, but noted beds typically run from “a couple thousand dollars” to about $12,000.

Los Angeles-based designer Michael S. Smith — in charge of decorating the White House for the Obamas — contacted the store two weeks ago, said Jenkins. Smith asked them to send photos of various beds they had in stock for the Obamas to view, according to Ulrich.

While store employees were not told where exactly the bed will go, Ulrich said the bed is definitely “a master-bedroom bed.”

— Maria Armental