Tester bed (lit à la duchesse en impériale)

Medium

Carved, painted and gilded walnut, pine, and linden; iron hardware; silk and wool Beauvais tapestry; modern silk damask

Dimensions

Overall (bed components installed): H. 156 3/4 x W. 73 1/2 x D. 86 3/4 in. (398.1 x 186.7 x 220.3 cm); Headboard: H. 79 1/2 x W. 73 1/2 in. (201.9 x 186.7 cm); Tester at rectangular frame: W. 78 x D. 90 1/2 in. (198.1 x 229.9 cm); Greatest dims. of tester including protruding crestings: H. 17 x W. 96 x D. 99 1/2 in. (43.2 x 243.8 x 252.7 cm); H. of canopy from floor: 156-3/4 in. (398.1cm) Matteress support: 80 x 64 x 3 1/2 in.

Classification

Woodwork-Furniture

Culture

French, Paris

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Kingdon Gould, in memory of his mother, Edith Kingdon Gould, 1923

Accession Number

23.235a

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