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This is a drawing of a wooden bed frame featuring intricate design details. The bed has turned posts at each corner with rounded finials, a decorative cutout design on the headboard, and spherical feet. Below the bed is a schematic side elevation showing measurements and additional construction details.
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This is a drawing of a wooden bed frame featuring intricate design details. The bed has turned posts at each corner with rounded finials, a decorative cutout design on the headboard, and spherical feet. Below the bed is a schematic side elevation showing measurements and additional construction details.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Bishop Hill: Bed

Alfred Koehn

Date
1936
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper
Dimensions
overall: 34.9 x 24 cm (13 3/4 x 9 7/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 52" high; 66 1/2" long; 47 1/2" wide
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.3901
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Bishop Hill
  • American
Inscription

lower left in ink: Scale 1/16" to the inch

NGA object ID 16105. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.