Bed

c. 1936

Otto E. Hake

Associated Names
Otto E. Hake

Artist, American, born Germany, 1876 - unknown

The image displays a wooden bed frame with carved posts on the right, accompanied by a pineapple-shaped finial on the left. The color scheme consists of rich browns for the wood and a light cream background. The bed frame occupies the right side of the image, while the pineapple finial is on the left, above a circular arrangement of round objects. Specific sizes are labeled: the bed frame is shown at a scale of 3 inches to 1 foot, the pineapple finial is half-size, and the circular arrangement is shown at actual size.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, and graphite on paper

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 24.2 x 35.5 cm (9 1/2 x 14 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 4 1/2'high, 2'10"wide, 5'10"long.

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.3997

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

across bottomin black ink: HALF SIZE ACTUAL SIZE SCALE / 1 1/2 inch = 1 foot

Wikidata ID

Q64618731

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