Cot made of ebony with sky made of cotton. Swayed styles and lotus leaf decorations on sills and houses, Ebony bedstead with cotton sky. The bedstead rests on four slung, rejuvenating legs that continue in high posts crowned by spheres, to which a frame is attached for the cotton sky. Four sills are placed between these posts at the headboard, ending in houses and separated by flung colonets, at the foot end there are three. The wide upper sills have a scalloped top edge and the bottom sills have a scalloped bottom edge. Sills and houses are decorated with stabbed lotus vines., anonymous, Batavia, c. 1700, ebony (wood), cotton (textile), h 240 cm × d 121 cm × w 225 cm
Keywords:
Cot, ebony, sky, cotton, Swayed styles, lotus leaf decorations, sills, houses, Ebony bedstead, cotton sky, bedstead rests, four slung, rejuvenating legs, continue, high posts crowned, spheres, frame, attached, Four sills, placed, posts, headboard, ending, separated, flung colonets, foot, three, wide upper sills, scalloped top edge, bottom sills, scalloped bottom edge, Sills, decorated, stabbed lotus vines, Batavia, c, 1700, wood, textile
Image ID:
The watermark in the image will not appear on the final download.