Untitled
Date
Unknown
Materials
Silk damask, Wood
Measurements
2830 mm (H); 2110 mm (W); 1675 mm (D)
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Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 1170775
Summary
Bed. Fourposter bed c.1700 with oval dome tester, moulded, shaped headboard, plain headcloth and elaborate pierced, carved and silvered footboard bearing the gilt inscription 'KING CHARLES THE 1ST SLEPT IN THIS BED SEPT 22ND AND 28TH 1645'. Footposts plain, square with chamfers, hangings of various crimson silk damasks. Fragments of the crimson silk damask stored in the Conservation Store
Provenance
Previously amongst the chattels that, in 1978, were acquired along with Chirk Castle from Lt-Col Ririd Myddelton (1902–1988) by the National Land Fund and handed, on loan for 99 years, to the Secretary of State for Wales. In 1981 Chirk was transferred into the ownership of the National Trust. Acceptance in lieu, 1999.