The Bed Work
A Very Safe Place © 2009
Vintage yellow tin doll bed: 11” (W) x 19” (L) x 9” (H)
Pillowcase front: (vintage cotton bed sheet with Alice in Wonderland pattern) 6 1/2” (W) x 4” (L)
Quilt: (vintage cotton feed sack with antique hand stitched child sampler machine quilted)
16” (W) x 21 1/2” (L)
Blanket front: (pink cashmere wool with satin blanket trim) 20” (W) x 23 1/2” (L)
Pillowcase & Quilt back
These are the stories of dreams, comfort, disappointments and sexual awakening for girls in their beds. Whether it was the coldness of a parents love, or overhearing the disappointment in a parent’s voice who wanted a son instead of a daughter, memories in their childhood bed shaped the future personalities of these young girls.
Click here: AVrySafePlce_TxtBib072609.pdf to download a PDF of the complete text and specs
Quilt back detail
Top Sheet front: (vintage cotton bed sheet with Alice in Wonderland pattern) 20” (W) x 24 1/4” (L)
Pillowcase front
Pillow front: (vintage cotton with dye sublimation image, stuffed with cotton batting) 5 1/2” (W) x 3 1/2 ” (L)
Bed Frame & Mattress back side
Mattress back side detail
Bottom Sheet
back detail
Bottom Sheet front: (vintage cotton bed sheet with Alice in Wonderland pattern) 19 1/2” (W) x 24” (L)
Mattress front side: (vintage stripped cotton flannel stuffed with cotton batting, hand tied)
11 1/2” (W) x 19” (L) x 1 1/2” (H)
Bottom Sheet back: (vintage cotton flannel backing)
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Images Copyright © 2009 by Tamar Stone. All Rights Reserved.
No images may be reproduced without the expressed written permission of the artist.
Quilt front detail
Bottom Sheet back
Blanket back detail
Pillowcase back
Pillow back: (vintage cotton with dye sublimation image, stuffed with cotton batting)
