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The room contains a blue upholstered chair, a side table with intricate carvings, decorative drapery, large windows with patterned curtains, and a console table with items and a mirror. A large chandelier hangs from the ceiling. The color palette includes deep blues, golds, reds, and greens, with accents of white and brown. The chair is positioned in the foreground to the left, the side table with books and a vase of flowers sits centrally in front of the chair, and the draped windows are in the background.
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The room contains a blue upholstered chair, a side table with intricate carvings, decorative drapery, large windows with patterned curtains, and a console table with items and a mirror. A large chandelier hangs from the ceiling. The color palette includes deep blues, golds, reds, and greens, with accents of white and brown. The chair is positioned in the foreground to the left, the side table with books and a vase of flowers sits centrally in front of the chair, and the draped windows are in the background.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Boudoir

Perkins Harnly

Date
1939
Medium
transparent and opaque watercolor and graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 57.4 × 45.2 cm (22 5/8 × 17 13/16 in.)
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.7633
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W
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  • American
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NGA object ID 19831. 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.