The Spangled Bed
attributed to Oliver Browne and John Baker (fl. 1620)
Category
Furniture
Date
1621
Materials
Pine.
Place of origin
London
Collection
Knole, Kent
NT 129462.2.20
Summary
Headboard, in an arched shape made from pine, covered with silk crimson satin and spangled strap work applique (silk, silver and silver gilt) and linen border with eyelet holes at the lower edge and metal braid edging around the top edge. This record is for the wooden elements only. Part of 'The Spangled Bed', made in 1621 by Oliver Browne and John Baker, Upholsterers to the Great Wardrobe, for Anne Cranfield, Countess of Middlesex (d. 1670). With a deep cornice, hung with curtains of crimson and buff silk adorned with an extremely rare appliqué strap work design, embroidered, fringed with gold and silver thread and studded with metal spangles or sequins, many of which remain, appearing, in their present tarnished condition as black dots.
Makers and roles
attributed to Oliver Browne and John Baker (fl. 1620), upholsterer