EditorialTester bed (lit ? la duchesse en imp?riale), 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...
EditorialValence for a bed (Lit ? la duchesse en imp?riale), ca. 1780?90, French, Beauvais, Silk and wool (20-25 warps per inch, 8-11 per centimeter), H. 19 ? L. 70 in. (48.3 ? 177.8 cm), Textiles-Tapestries, As its full-size domed canopy is suspended from the ...
EditorialNaudet. Gervais. 40 ans, n? ? Echaleau (C?te-d'Or). Menuisier. Anarchiste. 10/3/94. , 1894, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 10.5 x 7 x 0.5 cm (4 1/8 x 2 3/4 x 3/16 in.) each, Photographs, Alphonse Bertillon (French, 1853?1914), Born into a di...
EditorialMorvan. F?licien. 45 ans, n? le 8/6/49 ? Kerity (C?te du Nord). Menuisier. Anarchiste. 2/7/94. , 1894, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 10.5 x 7 x 0.5 cm (4 1/8 x 2 3/4 x 3/16 in.) each, Photographs, Alphonse Bertillon (French, 1853?1914), Bor...
EditorialBookstand, 1839, French, Paris, Ebony, ebony veneer, ebonized maple, oak, maple, rosewood, snakewood, ivory, mother-of-pearl; brass hardware and mounts; lined with silk velvet not original to the piece, Overall (at base): 53 x 32 1/8 x 23 1/8 in. (134....
EditorialTapestry lining for tester (ciel for lit ? la duchesse en imp?riale), ca. 1780?90, French, Beauvais, Silk and wool (20-25 warps per inch, 8-11 per centimeter), Overall: H. 87 ? W. 72 in. (221 ? 182.9 cm), Textiles-Tapestries, As its full-size domed can...