The Spangled Bed
attributed to Oliver Browne and John Baker (fl. 1620)
Category
Textiles
Date
1621
Materials
Measurements
1770 mm (Width) x 80 mm (Depth); 2010 mm (Length)
Place of origin
London
Collection
Knole, Kent
NT 129462.3.26
Summary
1 thin quilted top mattress with a linen cover, wool flock filling and green and orange silk tufts set in diamond patterns. Each corner has a green silk tuft.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 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
Marks and inscriptions
Sides of the mattress: Ink inscriptions on the sides of the mattress: On one side: ‘Red bed quilt’, on the opposite side ‘Under mattress to the Red bed Rume over the Shoe Rume 1750’
Makers and roles
attributed to Oliver Browne and John Baker (fl. 1620), upholsterer