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The image shows a wooden four-poster bed with a canopy and draped curtains on all sides. The bed is covered with a multi-colored patchwork quilt featuring a star pattern in the center, and a blue crochet blanket partially covers the quilt. The color palette consists of soft whites for the canopy and curtains, light brown for the wooden bed frame, and vibrant reds, blues, greens, and yellows in the quilt. In the composition, the bed is oriented diagonally, with the headboard on the left side of the image and the footboard on the right, the curtains pulled back to reveal the bedding.
National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design
Bedstead
Irene Malawicz
- Date
- 1936
- Medium
- watercolor, colored pencil, gouache, and graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- overall: 29.3 x 22.9 cm (11 9/16 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: Height of posts-62 3/4". 59 1/4" wide. 42" high at headboard.
- Classification
- Index of American Design · Drawing
- Accession number
- 1943.8.3980
- Credit line
- Index of American Design
- Time span
- 1926 to 1950
- Department
- CG-W
Subjects and terms
- American
Inscription
lower right verso: IRENE MALAWICZ/MAR. . MAR 9 1936/ BROOKLYN MUSEUM
NGA object ID 16184. 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.