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Cot

Object number2020.21.8

MediumCanvas; Wood; Metal; Paint; Fabric

Credit LineGift of The Twentieth Century Club

DescriptionRectangular cot with wooden framework and white canvas bed. Collapsible. Framework has three sets of "X" legs and green painted metal hinges and brackets. Canvas has two semi-circular openings at center of long sides and extended fabric section at head and foot with pocket along end. Bed is connected to wooden structure with metal staples. One black and orange fabric tie fastener with metal ring at one end is mounted at inside center of on one of the outer "X" legs.DimensionsHeight x Width x Length (Unfolded): 17 × 25.5 × 74.75 in. (43.2 × 64.8 × 189.9 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (Folded): 37.25 × 9 × 4.5 in. (94.6 × 22.9 × 11.4 cm)
Historical NotesCot from the Twentieth Century Club. The Twentieth Century Club was founded in 1894 with the aim to “create an organization for women’s work, though and activity, advancing her interested, promoting art, science and literature.” Women’s clubs were part of a greater social movement in the late 1800s that grew out of the idea that women had a moral duty and responsibility to transform society and public policy. This was a progressive era movement with links to suffrage and temperance, although not all members of women’s clubs adhered to either movement. The Pittsburgh club first met at the Thompson mansion at 408 Penn Avenue. They sponsored lectures and classes on language, literature, travel, history and science and were a member of the State Federation of Women’s Clubs. In 1910, they opened a club at their present location in Oakland, and in 1930 the clubhouse was redesigned by Benno Janssen. Many of these clubs saw a decline in the 1960s.

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