Couch-Bed

China

Maker

China

Date

late Ming/early Qing dynasty, 17th century

Medium

Huanghuali wood with woven-mat seat

Dimensions

79 × 213 × 124.5 cm (31 × 83 7/8 × 49 in.)

Form

Bed

Origin

China

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession

2006.14

Credit line

G. Ronald and Evelyn Nish Fund—in memory of Ruth S. Demme, Simeon B. Williams Fund, Bertha Evans Brown Fund, Estate of Alice Feffer, Ada Turnbull Hertle Fund, Alyce and Edwin DeCosta and the Walter E. Heller Foundation Fund, Estate of Laura T. Magnuson, Major Acquisitions Centennial Fund