Bed from the Davanzati Palace

Bed from the Davanzati Palace

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This multifunctional survival from Renaissance Florence would have been the only piece required to furnish a room. The dais surrounding the bed served as a seating unit, hinged for access to storage compartments below.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bed from the Davanzati PalaceBed from the Davanzati PalaceBed from the Davanzati PalaceBed from the Davanzati PalaceBed from the Davanzati Palace

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.