Bed

Creator:: Goddard, John, 1723-1785 (attributed)
Published/Created:: Newport, Newport county, Rhode Island, United States
ca. 1760–1770
Physical Description:: 87 1/2 x 56 1/2 x 83 1/2 in.
Materials:: mahogany
Notes:: Sack catalogue description: Chippendale San Domingan mahogany bed with four Marlborough feet, footposts with fluted legs and posts and spiral fluted urn, old or original finish; the posts had been reduced several inches and have sections of this height added. Attributed to John Goddard; a bed of the same design attributed to Goddard is illustrated in Carpenter, The Arts and Crafts of Newport, p. 29.
Related objects: Book: Ralph E. Carpenter, The Arts and Crafts of Newport, Rhode Island, 1640–1820 (Newport, R.I.: Preservation Society of Newport county, 1954), p. 29.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 3, p. 699, pl. P3233.
Variant Titles:: Chippendale mahogany bed
Topics:: Decoration and ornament -- Chippendale style
Furniture -- United States
Period/Style:: Chippendale
Culture:: American
Accession Number:: 3233
Genre:: high-post beds (AAT)
tester beds (AAT)
Format:: Image
Physical Object
Content Type:: Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Prints & Photographs
Rights:: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement
Access Restrictions:: Public
Source Title:: Israel Sack, Inc., Archive
Source Created:: New York, New York, United States
1957–1990
Source Note:: Sack, November 1970
This information is taken from the Israel Sack Furniture Archive and may not reflect current scholarship.
Folder:: Folder 10718 cab4dr2 tif
Yale Collection:: Yale University Art Gallery
Digital Collection:: Israel Sack Furniture Archive
oid pointer:: 10987426
OID:: 11976364
PID:: digcoll:1024341