Tester bed (lit à la duchesse en impériale)

Georges Jacob

Date

ca. 1782–83

Type

Bed

Medium

Carved, painted and gilded walnut, pine, and linden; iron hardware; silk and wool Beauvais tapestry; modern silk damask

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

23.235a

Credit

Gift of Kingdon Gould, in memory of his mother, Edith Kingdon Gould, 1923