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The image shows a wooden bed frame with pointed posts at each corner. It includes a headboard and footboard with horizontal slats. The bed frame is positioned centrally in the image, viewed from a slightly elevated angle against a light background.
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The image shows a wooden bed frame with pointed posts at each corner. It includes a headboard and footboard with horizontal slats. The bed frame is positioned centrally in the image, viewed from a slightly elevated angle against a light background.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Bed

Pearl Davis

Date
c. 1941
Medium
watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 40.6 x 50.6 cm (16 x 19 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 6'6" long, 4'5" wide, 5'6" high
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.3991
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Virginia
  • American
  • Provincial
Inscription

lower right in watercolor: Pearl Davis.

NGA object ID 16195. 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.