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Title
Bedstead
Subject
Arts and Entertainment
Beds
Furniture
Place
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description
This
mahogany
bedstead
combines
ambitious
and
extremely
successful
carving
with
spirited
painted
panels
in a
manner
that
reflects
on the
accurate
expression
of
nature
.
It
is
one
of the
finest
examples
of
American
Aesthetic-movement
furniture
ever
produced
. The
proponents
of the
Aesthetic
movement
,
which
flourished
in
England
and
American
in the
last
quarter
of the
19th
century
,
looked
to
nature
for
inspiration
designing
household
furnishings
such
as
furniture
,
ceramics
,
stained
glass
,
metalwork
, and
textiles
. The
bedstead
measures
110
by
59.25
by
85
inches
(279.5
by
150.5
by
216
cm)
. The
bedstead
was
designed
by
Benn
Pitman
.
Adelaide
Nourse
Pitman
, his
second
wife
,
carved
the
naturalistic
motifs
in
low
,
medium
, and
high
relief
.
Representations
of
hydrangeas
,
azaleas
, and
sparrows
in
flight
are
set
within
a
Gothic
Revival
frame
.
Elizabeth
Nourse
,
Pitman's
sister-in-law
and an
accomplished
artist
,
painted
the
panels
on
either
side
of the
headboard
with
images
of
night
and
morning
.
Pitman
exhibited
the
bedstead
at the
Cincinnati
Industrial
Exposition
of
1883
.
Benn
Pitman
was
probably
the
most
important
master
craftsman
in
Cincinnati
during
the
late
19th
century
.
Born
in
Trowbridge
,
Wiltshire
,
England
in
1822
,
Pitman
migrated
to the
United
States
and
eventually
settled
in
Cincinnati
prior
to the
Civil
War
. He
came
to the
U.S
. to
promote
the
shorthand
system
invented
by his
brother
,
Sir
Isaac
Pitman
.
However
, he
seems
to have been
more
interested
in the
promotion
of
applied
or
decorative
arts
. In
1873
, he
began
teaching
wood
carving
at the
School
of
Design
in
Cincinnati
. His,
attended
mostly
by
women
,
laid
the
foundation
for the
women's
decorative
arts
movement
in
Cincinnati
, with
Pitman
as its
moving
sprit
and
theorist
.
Creator
Pitman, Benn
Pitman, Adelaide Nourse
Nourse, Elizabeth
Date of Original
1882
-
1883
Source
Historical object(s) or artifact(s)
1994.61
Submitting Institution
Cincinnati Art Museum
Rights
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Type
StillImage
File Name
Om1003_888710_001.tif
Image Height
3207
Image Width
2138
File Size
504.724 KB
Format
picture
;
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