American Period Furniture in Museum Collectionsa SAPFM viewer

In the collection ofMetropolitan Museum of Art

Bed hanging, blue-resist textile

In the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art

Date

ca. 1725–75

Medium

Cotton, painted and block-printed resist, dyed

Dimensions

Original measurements: 80 x 39 1/4 in. (203.2 x 99.7 cm)

Form

Bed

Origin

America

Culture

American

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

54.59.2

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Reginald P. Rose and Franklin Benkard, 1954