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The image features a four-poster bed with a floral embroidered canopy and curtains. The bed's frame is dark, and the canopy fabric and drapes are white or cream with colorful floral patterns in shades of red, blue, and yellow. The bed is placed diagonally in the room, with the headboard partially visible on the left. The floor is wooden.
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The image features a four-poster bed with a floral embroidered canopy and curtains. The bed's frame is dark, and the canopy fabric and drapes are white or cream with colorful floral patterns in shades of red, blue, and yellow. The bed is placed diagonally in the room, with the headboard partially visible on the left. The floor is wooden.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Bedstead

Irene Malawicz

Date
c. 1936
Medium
watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 28.9 x 22.8 cm (11 3/8 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 43" wide x 76" long x 84" high. Posts 2 3/4" thick at base.
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.3975
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • plant

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