Design for a State Bedchamber, in Second Livre d'Appartements (Second Book on Interiors)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1702
name: label: Engraver
content: Daniel Marot, French, active in the Netherlands and England, 1661–1752
label: Designer
content: Daniel Marot, French, active in the Netherlands and England, 1661–1752
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A lavish bed comprised of a large, high canopy enlivened by carved putti and ostrich feather plumes, a flying tester below, and a massive headboard carved with an urn flanked by male and female figures. Footboard carved as drapery, a shell motif at center, and putti at corners. Hanging mirrors and chairs on either side of bed and sunlight coming through window partially pictured at far right.
place: label: made in
content: Netherlands
label: previous attribution
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1988-4-53
objectType: label: Type
content: furniture
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching, engraving on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 33.8 x 22.2 cm (13 5/16 x 8 3/4 in. )