The Bed Work
“...but didn’t sleep much.” © 2013-17
Click here: DidntSleepMuch_TrvelAwyFrmHme_121617.pdf to download a PDF of the complete text,
specs and bibliography.
Antique folding wood doll bed
10 1/2” (W) x 22” (L) x 15” at headboard,
10” (H) at footboard
Pillowcase front
(floral cotton fabric)
8” (W) x 4 1/2” (L)
Comforter
(hand tied floral cotton fabric, stuffed with feathers and enclosed in mattress ticking)
22” (W) x 27 1/2” (L)
Blanket folded at end of bed
(vintage two-sided Esmond wool blanket, with sewn floral cotton edge)
18 1/2” (W) x 22” (L)
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Comforter front
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Mattress front
(vintage cotton stripped mattress ticking, stuffed with natural sheep wool and dried corn husks)
12” (W) x 22” (L) x 3 1/2” (H)
Mattress Topper back
The stories from the 19th – 20th century sewn into this work, represent a wide range of experiences from women traveling on their own in troubled times. These include a woman running for local political office, a suffragist determined to get her message out, (even when she became “disgusted with my profession”), women who served as nurses during wartime, a labor organizer who helped mine workers, and a wife who left a polygamist marriage who went on to publish a book about her experiences,
among others.
Some of these women are well known, others may not be, but all their voices are equally important in the telling of their stories, many which resonate with today’s current issues.
Pillow front (vintage cotton stripped mattress ticking,
stuffed with cotton batting) 7” (W) x 4” (L) x 3/4” (H)
Pillowcase front (floral cotton fabric)
8” (W) x 4 1/2” (L)
Top Sheet front
(vintage white cotton Consolidated Laundries
bed sheet)
19” (W) x 28” (L)
Blanket back
Comforter back
Blanket front
(vintage tan wool blanket, hand blanket-stitched edging)
23” (W) x 29” (L)
Pillow back
Pillowcase back
Blanket back
Top Sheet front
(vintage white cotton Consolidated Laundries bed sheet)
19” (W) x 28” (L)
Top Sheet back
Bottom Sheet front
(vintage white cotton mattress cover)
18” (W) x 27” (L)
Top Sheet back
Mattress Topper front
(hand tied vintage cotton stripped mattress ticking,
stuffed with cotton batting)
10 1/2” (W) x 22” (L) x 1/2” H
Bottom Sheet back
Mattress Topper front
(hand tied vintage cotton stripped mattress ticking,
stuffed with cotton batting)
10 1/2” (W) x 22” (L) x 1/2” H
Mattress Topper back
Mattress back
Mattress back detail
Mattress side with embroidered signature
Antique wood doll bed flattened
10 1/2” (W) x 22” (L) x 15” at headboard, 10” (H) at footboard
Blanket folded at end of bed
(vintage two-sided Esmond wool blanket, with sewn floral cotton edge)
18 1/2” (W) x 22” (L)
