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The image shows a wooden bed with intricate carvings on the headboard and footboard, accompanied by a colorful quilt. The color palette includes brown wood and a quilt with multicolored shapes such as blue, red, yellow, and green. The bed is positioned slightly to the left with the footboard facing the viewer and the headboard displaying its design.
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The image shows a wooden bed with intricate carvings on the headboard and footboard, accompanied by a colorful quilt. The color palette includes brown wood and a quilt with multicolored shapes such as blue, red, yellow, and green. The bed is positioned slightly to the left with the footboard facing the viewer and the headboard displaying its design.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Bed

Dana Bartlett

Date
c. 1937
Medium
watercolor, colored pencil, graphite and some heightening on paper
Dimensions
overall: 30.4 x 22.8 cm (11 15/16 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: none given
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.3996
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Connecticut
  • American
  • Victorian

NGA object ID 16200. 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.