Bedstead
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Textile, deal (?)
Measurements
197 cm (Width) x 227 cm (Depth)
Place of origin
England
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Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 435180.1
Summary
A canopy bedstead, English, 19th century. The canopy with arched and moulded cornice, close covered with green brocade and with shaped fringed and braided pelmet. The head and footboards of scrolled outline similarly covered and the foot mounted with an entwined 'B' monogram. The full-length curtains are of celadon silk.
Provenance
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) from Edward John Peregrine Cust, 7th Baron Brownlow (b.1936) in 1984.