The Spangled Bed
attributed to Oliver Browne and John Baker (fl. 1620)
Category
Furniture
Date
1621
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Knole, Kent
NT 129462.2.3
Summary
Proper right side mattress rail of oak with the right side section of the linen base cloth attached at the top edge and also fixed to the foot mattress rail with a lacing cord attached with two separate wrought iron ring fittings to hold the proper right mattress retaining rail, of pine with 2 wrought iron spikes. 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