The Spangled Bed
attributed to Oliver Browne and John Baker (fl. 1620)
Category
Textiles
Date
1621
Materials
Satin, silk, linen, metal braid, gold thread and silver thread.
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Knole, Kent
NT 129462.3
Summary
The textile elements of 'The Spangled Bed'. 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.
Makers and roles
attributed to Oliver Browne and John Baker (fl. 1620), upholsterer