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The image shows a four-poster canopy bed with beige curtains featuring floral patterns in orange, green, and brown. The colors in the image are soft beige, cream, green, and warm orange. The bed is viewed from an angle, showing two posts, the headboard, and footboard. The canopy has matching fabric draped over and around the frame, making the bed the focal point.
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The image shows a four-poster canopy bed with beige curtains featuring floral patterns in orange, green, and brown. The colors in the image are soft beige, cream, green, and warm orange. The bed is viewed from an angle, showing two posts, the headboard, and footboard. The canopy has matching fabric draped over and around the frame, making the bed the focal point.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Bedstead

Frank Wenger

Date
c. 1936
Medium
watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 22.5 x 28.4 cm (8 7/8 x 11 3/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 43 1/2" wide x 74 1/2" long x 86 3/4 " high.
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.3973
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • plant
Inscription

lower right in watercolor: Frank Wenger

NGA object ID 16177. 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.