Skip to Content
Today Open today 11–8

Couch-Bed

A platform bed with three raised sides make of wooden poles and panels, with no mattress.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

Image actions

  • A platform bed with three raised sides make of wooden poles and panels, with no mattress.

Date:

late Ming/early Qing dynasty, 17th century

Artist:

China

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Title

Couch-Bed

Place

China (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1800–1900

Medium

Huanghuali wood with woven-mat seat

Dimensions

79 × 213 × 124.5 cm (31 × 83 7/8 × 49 in.)

Credit Line

G. Ronald and Evelyn Nish Fund—in memory of Ruth S. Demme, Simeon B. Williams Fund, Bertha Evans Brown Fund, Estate of Alice Feffer, Ada Turnbull Hertle Fund, Alyce and Edwin DeCosta and the Walter E. Heller Foundation Fund, Estate of Laura T. Magnuson, Major Acquisitions Centennial Fund

Reference Number

2006.14

IIIF Manifest  The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) represents a set of open standards that enables rich access to digital media from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions around the world.

Learn more.

https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/186784/manifest.json

Extended information about this artwork

Object information is a work in progress and may be updated as new research findings emerge. To help improve this record, please email . Information about image downloads and licensing is available here.

Share

Sign up for our enewsletter to receive updates.

Learn more

Image actions

Share