Bed (Lit à la duchesse en impériale)

Georges Jacob  (1739–1814, master 1765)

Factory:
Tapestry made at Beauvais
Artist:
After a design by Jean Baptiste Huet I (French, Paris 1745–1811 Paris)
Date:
ca. 1782–83
Culture:
French (Paris)
Medium:
Carved and gilded walnut, lindenwood, pine; iron; silk and wool Beauvais tapestry and modern silk damask
Dimensions:
Overall (bed components installed): 156 3/4 x 73 1/2 x 86 3/4 in. (398.1 x 186.7 x 220.3 cm) Other (of headboard): 79 1/2 x 73 1/2 in. (201.9 x 186.7 cm) Other (of tester at rectangular frame): 78 x 90 1/2 in. (198.1 x 229.9 cm) Other (Greatest dims. of tester including protruding crestings): 96 x 99 1/2 x 17 in. (243.8 x 252.7 x 43.2 cm) H. of canopy from floor: 156-3/4 in. (398.1cm)
Classification:
Woodwork
Credit Line:
Gift of Kingdon Gould, in memory of his mother, Edith Kingdon Gould, 1923
Accession Number:
23.235a
120049735

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