id:			131373
accession number:	1954.151
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.151
updated:		2025-02-09 01:58:27.659000

Bed, 1700s. Attributed to Georges Jacob (French, 1739–1814). Gilded wood and embroidered satin; overall: 213.4 cm (84 in.); part 1: 163.2 x 147.3 cm (64 1/4 x 58 in.); part 2: 132.7 x 147.3 cm (52 1/4 x 58 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1954.151

title:				Bed
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creation date:			1700s
creation date earliest:		1700
creation date latest:		1799
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	gilded wood and embroidered satin
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Furniture
type:		Furniture and woodwork
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CREATORS

* Georges Jacob (French, 1739–1814)  - made by

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measurements: Overall: 213.4 cm (84 in.); Part 1: 163.2 x 147.3 cm (64 1/4 x 58 in.); Part 2: 132.7 x 147.3 cm (52 1/4 x 58 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1954-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Milliken, W. (1954). A French Eighteenth-Century Bed. <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art,</em> <em>41</em>(6).
	page number: 	pp. 118-124
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141968

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 315
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n62

	Mallett, Donald. <em>The Greatest Collector: Lord Hertford and the Founding of the Wallace Collection</em>. London: Macmillan, 1979.
	page number: 	p. 197
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	Ball, Victoria Kloss. Architecture and Interior Design. New York: Wiley, 1980.
	page number: 	Fig. 2.26, p. 73
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	Piña, Leslie A. <em>Furniture in History, 3000 B.C.-2000 A.D</em>. Boston: Prentice Hall, 2010.
	page number: 	p. 14
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IMAGES

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