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"Two Beds - Painted White"

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1910-09-08

GUSN

GUSN-304365

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Description

Design drawing titled "Two Beds - Painted White" rendered in pencil on trace. Front view of two beds and side view of one are shown. Each bed has rectangular headboard and footboard with molded trim and painted baskets of foliage; four square posts with turned reeded ovoid finials; short reeded vasiform legs terminating in casters; and painted foliate motifs on side rails. Title, design notes "13377" and "det. Sept. 8 - '10 J. P. H." are handwritten on drawing.

Details

Descriptive Terms

beds (furniture)
twin beds
Neoclassical
design drawings
sketches

Physical Description

1 design drawing in pencil (11 3/8 x 8 7/8 inches)

Collection Code

CC010

Collection Name

Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

Date of Acquisition

2012

Reference Code

CC010.001.011.018.001

Record Details

Originator

A. H. Davenport Co. (American furniture manufactory, active late 19th-early 20th centuries) (Manufacturer)

Material Type

design drawings
sketches

Description Level

Item

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