Bedstead

Thomas Seymour|John Doggett|John Ritto Penniman|Samuel McIntire|Thomas Wightman

1810–15 · Mahogany, mahogany veneer, mahoganized maple and white pine, painted and gilded wood · The American Wing

According to the most recent scholarship on Thomas Seymour, there is no Boston carving of the Federal period more spectacular than the lavish decoration on the footposts of this bedstead carved by Thomas Wightman. Wightman is documented as working as a sub-contractor for Thomas Seymour in 1809 on an order of furniture for Elizabeth Derby West (1762-1814) for Oak Hill, her country estate in Danvers, Massachusetts.

Artist

Thomas Seymour|John Doggett|John Ritto Penniman|Samuel McIntire|Thomas Wightman

Date

1810–15

Medium

Mahogany, mahogany veneer, mahoganized maple and white pine, painted and gilded wood

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1918