Bed canopy
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1675
Materials
Beechwood, pine and oak.
Measurements
337 x 202 cm; 200 cm (Length)
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 1140130.2.2
Summary
A bed canopy from a four-poster bed, in plum red velvet and shantung yellow, which forms a dome surmounted by a finial, HAM/XX/631. This record is for the wooden elements only.
Provenance
Acquired in 1948 by HM Government when Sir Lyonel, 4th Bt (1854 – 1952) and Sir Cecil Tollemache, 5th Bt (1886 – 1969) presented Ham House to the National Trust, and entrusted to the care of the Victoria & Albert Museum, until 1990, when returned to the care of the National Trust, and to which ownership was transferred in 2002.