Tester bed (lit à la duchesse en impériale), ca. 1782–83, French, Paris, Carved, painted and gilded walnut, pine, and linden; iron hardware; silk and wool Beauvais tapestry; modern silk damask, 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), Woodwork-Furniture, After a design by Jean-Baptiste Huet I (French, Paris 1745–1811 Paris), As its full-size domed canopy is suspended from the ceiling rather than supported on posts, this tester bed, which bears the stamp of the menuisier Georges Jacob, is a type called lit à la duchesse en impériale
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Tester bed, lit à la duchesse en impériale, ca, 1782–83, French, Paris, Carved, painted, gilded walnut, pine, linden, iron hardware, silk, wool Beauvais tapestry, modern silk damask, Overall, bed components installed, H, 156 3/4 x W, 73 1/2 D, 86 3/4, 398.1 186.7 220.3 cm, Woodwork-Furniture, After a design by Jean-Baptiste Huet I, 1745–1811, full-size domed canopy, suspended, ceiling, supported, posts, tester, bears, stamp, menuisier Georges, Jacob, type, à, la, duchesse, en, impériale
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