Bed

Published/Created:: Maryland, United States
ca. 1780–1790
Physical Description:: 93 x 60 1/2 x 81 1/2 in.
Materials:: mahogany
Notes:: Sack catalogue description: Hepplewhite mahogany four-post bed, all four posts with bulbous acanthus-carved urns, tapered reeded posts ending in spade feet; original rails and lower section of headboard, fine mellow brown patina, the five foot width on a bed of this period and quality is rare.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 7, p. 2023, pl. P5330.
Variant Titles:: Hepplewhite mahogany four-post bed
Topics:: Decoration and ornament -- Hepplewhite style
Furniture -- United States
Period/Style:: Federal
Hepplewhite
Culture:: American
Accession Number:: 5330
Genre:: high-post 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, 1983
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 pointer:: 10983665
OID:: 11879481
PID:: digcoll:847620