Bed

Published/Created:

Massachusetts, United States
ca. 1740–1760

Physical Description:

69 3/4 x 51 3/8 x 75 1/4 in.

Materials:

Birch; pine; paint

Notes:

Sack catalogue description: Chippendale birch octagonal or pencil-post bed, slender tapering head and footposts of full length retaining the old red paint, original rails and original pine headboard with flat tester.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 4, p. 1064, pl. P4010.

Variant Titles:

Chippendale birch pencil-post bed

Topics:

Decoration and ornament -- Chippendale style
Furniture -- United States

Period/Style:

Chippendale

Culture:

American

Accession Number:

4010

Genre:

pencil-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, June 1974
This information is taken from the Israel Sack Furniture Archive and may not reflect current scholarship.

Folder:

Folder 9689 box 2 tiff_complete

Yale Collection:

Yale University Art Gallery

Digital Collection:

Israel Sack Furniture Archive

OID:

10983603

PID:

digcoll:846441