American Period Furniture in Museum Collections
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Bed
Bed valances and side curtains
Maker unknown · ca. 1700
Medium
Canvas; silk and wool embroidery in gros and petit point
Dimensions
Overall (.1): 19 1/4 × 80 1/4 in. (48.9 × 203.8 cm); Overall (.2): 19 1/4 × 81 1/2 in. (48.9 × 207 cm); Overall (.3): 19 1/2 × 66 1/2 in. (49.5 × 168.9 cm); Overall (.4): 17 1/2 × 80 in. (44.5 × 203.2 cm); Overall (.5): 17 1/2 × 79 in. (44.5 × 200.7 cm); Overall (.6): 17 1/2 × 66 in. (44.5 × 167.6 cm); Overall (.7): 10 ft. 4 in. × 31 1/2 in. (315 × 80 cm); Overall (.8): 10 ft. 2 in. × 31 1/2 in. (309.9 × 80 cm)
Accession
53.2.1–.8
Credit line
Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1953
Culture
French
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