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The image displays a wooden bed frame with carved posts on the right, accompanied by a pineapple-shaped finial on the left. The color scheme consists of rich browns for the wood and a light cream background. The bed frame occupies the right side of the image, while the pineapple finial is on the left, above a circular arrangement of round objects. Specific sizes are labeled: the bed frame is shown at a scale of 3 inches to 1 foot, the pineapple finial is half-size, and the circular arrangement is shown at actual size.
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The image displays a wooden bed frame with carved posts on the right, accompanied by a pineapple-shaped finial on the left. The color scheme consists of rich browns for the wood and a light cream background. The bed frame occupies the right side of the image, while the pineapple finial is on the left, above a circular arrangement of round objects. Specific sizes are labeled: the bed frame is shown at a scale of 3 inches to 1 foot, the pineapple finial is half-size, and the circular arrangement is shown at actual size.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Bed

Otto E. Hake

Date
c. 1936
Medium
watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 24.2 x 35.5 cm (9 1/2 x 14 in.) Original IAD Object: 4 1/2'high, 2'10"wide, 5'10"long.
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.3997
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • plant
  • Pineapple
  • Victorian
  • Rosette
Inscription

across bottomin black ink: HALF SIZE ACTUAL SIZE SCALE / 1 1/2 inch = 1 foot

NGA object ID 16201. 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.