Bedstead Maker: Arthur F. Mathews (American, 1860–1945)
Maker: Lucia Kleinhans Mathews (American, 1870–1955)
Maker: Furniture Shop (American, 1906–1920)

1912–15

American Decorative Arts

On view, 3rd floor, Modern and Contemporary Art and Design
Medium

Carved and painted oak

Dimensions

Overall: 69 × 67 × 87 1/2 in. (175.26 × 170.18 × 222.25 cm)
Headboard: 69 × 67 × 5 1/2 in. (175.26 × 170.18 × 13.97 cm)
Footboard: 23 × 67 × 7 in. (58.42 × 170.18 × 17.78 cm)

Credit Line

Partial gift of Michael di Cosola and Max Lightfoot and purchased with an anonymous gift and the Friends of American Arts Acquisition Fund

Accession Number

2010.233.1

Geography

Made in San Francisco, California

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Furniture

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Commissioned by Henrietta Zeile (1835-1917), San Francisco, 1912-15 to 1917; either inherited by John Zeile (1872-?), San Francisco, 1917 to about 1956, and acquired by the Estate of Lucia and Arthur Mathews, San Francisco, about 1956 to 1958, or retained by Lucia and Arthur Mathews, San Francisco, 1912-15 to 1955, and transferred to the Estate of Lucia and Arthur Mathews, San Francisco, 1955 to 1958; purchased by Michael di Cosola, San Francisco, 1958; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • American Art: Selections from the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2023), 194–95, no. 91, ill
  • "Acquisitions," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed March 1, 2012), 17
Object copyright
Copyright Artist/Estate/Foundation
In Copyright
Additional information

Object/Work type

bedsteads

Subject

Women makers

Marks

"1" "2" "3" "4" incuse on the faces of each foot

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