Ontwerpen voor bedden 1831

Here are the designs for beds on paper, created by Joachim-Pierre Blank. These renderings, while seemingly simple, offer a glimpse into the material culture of their time. Consider the bedroom as a private space, often gendered and classed. The bed is not merely a functional object, but a site where social relations and power dynamics are negotiated. Who sleeps in these beds? What kind of bodies were expected to inhabit them? The curves and embellishments of the headboards hint at a desire for comfort and perhaps luxury. But whose comfort was prioritized? How did these designs cater to or exclude certain bodies based on gender, race, or class? These designs invite us to reflect on the intimate spaces we inhabit and the ways in which our bodies are shaped by, and in turn shape, our surroundings.