Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.
1880-1914, undated
GUSN-304280
Untitled design drawing rendered in ink on trace. Front view is shown. Drawing depicts two single beds flanking a night table. Each Empire-style bed has tall backboard and footboard with straight crest rails and skirts; round columnar posts; and S-curve brackets between skirt and base of posts. Carved, applied or painted ornamentation includes anthemions on tops of posts; foliate wreath with ribbons on footboards; and bellflowers and diamond motifs on skirts. Night table has overhanging top; one cabinet with round pull and right-hinged door; straight skirt; block feet; and carved, applied or painted bellfowers and foliage on stiles and frieze.
beds (furniture)
twin beds
night tables
Neoclassical
Empire (style)
design drawings
1 design drawing in ink (5 1/8 x 9 7/8 inches)
CC010
Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I
2012
CC010.001.011.004.002
A. H. Davenport Co. (American furniture manufactory, active late 19th-early 20th centuries) (Manufacturer)
design drawings
Item
Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].
Sign up to our newsletter for our latest news and events
