Design for Mechanical Furniture: Canopy Bed

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
A canopy tent bed surmounted by an urn. Underneath, a drawer for chamber pots, exposed. Bed decorated with batwing fan and bow, arrow and quiver motifs. Scale below.
Credit Line
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
ca. 1805
Accession Number
1911-28-491
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
furniture
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Dimensions
42 x 28.5 cm (16 9/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
made in
Germany
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_1911-28-491
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq48f7f7672-853d-43eb-947d-6e5c4a653480
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