Bed base
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, Pine, Textile
Measurements
920 x 1880 mm
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 287475
Summary
A varnished bed base of figured pine with a wire mesh sheet stretched across the top. The bed frame is shaped with two lines of reeding along each side, and the end frames are composed of squared wood across the top. At one end there are two cross bars, the wire mesh ending at the first, which is joined to the end bar by means of thick screws.