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The image shows a wooden rectangular table with detailed carvings on the apron and turned legs. The table features a color palette of browns with hints of red and green accents in the carved details. The table is centrally positioned in the image, with its surface parallel to the top edge of the frame, and the four legs are symmetrically arranged. The texture of the wood and the intricacy of the carvings are notable.
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The image shows a wooden rectangular table with detailed carvings on the apron and turned legs. The table features a color palette of browns with hints of red and green accents in the carved details. The table is centrally positioned in the image, with its surface parallel to the top edge of the frame, and the four legs are symmetrically arranged. The texture of the wood and the intricacy of the carvings are notable.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Bench

Elizabeth Curtis

Date
c. 1953
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 23.1 x 29.9 cm (9 1/8 x 11 3/4 in.) Original IAD Object: 17 1/2" high; 33 1/2" long; 14" deep
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.7875
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1951 to 1975
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
Inscription

lower right in watercolor: Elizabeth Curtis.

NGA object ID 20073. 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.