The Spangled Bed
attributed to Oliver Browne and John Baker (fl. 1620)
Category
Textiles
Date
1621
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Knole, Kent
NT 129462.3.25
Summary
1 large feather-filled tick having a blue and cream striped linen twill cover with edges bound with blue linen tape.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 paned appliqued and embroidered curtains of crimson and silk satin with crimson and white damask linings; the frame adorned with an extremely rare appliqué strap work design in cloths of silver and gold, embroidered, fringed with gold and silver braid and studded with silver and silver gilt spangles.
Makers and roles
attributed to Oliver Browne and John Baker (fl. 1620), upholsterer