Tester bed
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1770 (posts) - circa 1910 (bed)
Materials
Damask, mahogany, paint
Measurements
234 x 225 x 185 cm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Knightshayes Court, Devon
NT 540600
Summary
A tester bedstead, English, the posts circa 1770, the bed circa 1910. The mahogany posts crisply carved with stiff-leaf, wheatsheaf and swag detail, extended at the top, the lower section square and tapering to block feet, supporting the rose cotton damask upholstered tester which has a polychrome cornice carved with leaf and swag detail, the head-board upholstered and with lower twin panel section, hung overall with valances and drapes and having a box-spring.
Provenance
From Lady Amory