Sir Winston Churchill's Bed
Category
Furniture
Date
1930 - 1969
Materials
Mahogany, iron, paint, damask
Measurements
1414 x 1370 mm; 2238 mm (L)
Place of origin
English
Collection
Chartwell, Kent
NT 1101649
Summary
A mahogany single bed, English, mid-20th century, the head and footboard with serpentine shaped tops and moulded edges, with angular splayed feet, each end affixed to a black-painted iron frame on black-painted iron castors, supporting a box-spring and mattress, covered with a pleated floral valance, the bed covered with a fawn damask bedspread with fringed scalloped edge. Made by Staples and Co Ltd with VONO iron mattress base.
Provenance
Chartwell was purchased by Winston Churchill in 1922 and for the next 40 years it was the family home. Presented to the National Trust in 1946, Winston and Clementine Churchill continued to live there until 1965 when it was relinquished to the management of the National Trust. Much of the contents of Chartwell were accepted by the Treasury in payment of death duty and retained in the house. Lady Churchill also gifted many pieces and others are on loan from the Churchill family.