Doll's house bed
Category
Dolls' houses and furnishings
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, satin, lace and muslin
Measurements
150 mm (height); 83 mm (width); 150 mm (length)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671428
Summary
A wooden doll's house size four poster bed. The four posts of light coloured light wood have turned feet and decorative turned tops. The wooden bed base has scalloped sides and raised and rounded head and base. The canopy and bed mattress are of red satin, faded to pink. The canopy is edged with cream cotton lace with cream muslin drapes edges with lace and tied back with red ribbon. The canopy supports are of thin wood with a metal rod above the material. At the centre top of the canopy is a turned wooden finial. The material is torn and faded.
Provenance
Loaned to the Museum of Childhood by the Betty Cadbury Trust Sudbury in May 1993.