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1903-10-13
GUSN-304371
Design drawing titled "Bed with Canopy" rendered in pencil on trace. Perspective view is shown. Half-tester double bed has headboard with arched broken pediment crest rail, carved rosettes and volutes, and carved basket of foliage and garlands below crest; rectangular footboard with recessed panel; inlay stringing on footboard and side rails; square rear posts which are carved or reeded below headboard and plain above; reeded round front posts with pineapple finials; short vasiform turned front feet with ring turnings; and half-tester frame attached to rear posts. Half-tester is rectangular with semi-elliptical front and flat top and is shown with fabric valance, head curtain and two side curtains. Title, design notes, "Mrs. Franklin MacVeagh" and "Det Oct 13 - 1903 R. B." are handwritten on drawing.
beds (furniture)
half-tester beds
double beds
design drawings
sketches
1 design drawing in pencil (11 x 7 3/8 inches)
CC010
Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I
2012
CC010.001.011.020.001
A. H. Davenport Co. (American furniture manufactory, active late 19th-early 20th centuries) (Manufacturer)
design drawings
sketches
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