Title: Tester bed (lit à la duchesse en impériale)
Object type: Bed
Date: ca. 1782–83
Artist:  Georges Jacob 
Artist bio: French, Cheny 1739–1814 Paris
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Carved, painted and gilded walnut, pine, and linden; iron hardware; silk and wool Beauvais tapestry; modern silk damask
Dimensions: Overall (bed components installed): H. 156 3/4 x W. 73 1/2 x D. 86 3/4 in. (398.1 x 186.7 x 220.3 cm);
Headboard: H. 79 1/2 x W. 73 1/2 in. (201.9 x 186.7 cm);
Tester at rectangular frame: W. 78 x D. 90 1/2 in. (198.1 x 229.9 cm);
Greatest dims. of tester including protruding crestings: H. 17 x W. 96 x D. 99 1/2 in. (43.2 x 243.8 x 252.7 cm);
H. of canopy from floor: 156-3/4 in. (398.1cm)
Matteress support: 80 x 64 x 3 1/2 in.
Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
Credit line: Gift of Kingdon Gould, in memory of his mother, Edith Kingdon Gould, 1923
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY