Tester bed
Category
Furniture
Date
1558 - 1603
Materials
Oak, Wood
Measurements
1235 x 2230 mm; 2380 mm (Length)
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Cliveden Estate, Buckinghamshire
NT 765906.1
Summary
Lady Astor's bed; oak inlaid and carved panel canopy bed with two turned, leaf and floral carved bulbous pillar supports, square at base. Foot carved with figures of Adam and Eve, two caryatids and Atlantes panels, grape and vine surround. The head with figures and arched surround, four set back figure carved pilasters and moulded panels. Upholstered base. Springs. Formerly Garage Store An Elizabethan twoposter bed with two turned leaf and floral carved bulbous pillars supporting a canopy; the foot, canopy and head are covered with carved decoration. The bed head has moulded panels with three inset arches above with figures inside and figures form columns between the arches; row of interlocking flowerheads above. The foot is carved with figures of Adam and Eve, two caryatids and Atlantes panels with a grape and vine surround. Canopy has seperate panels of carved friezes, the central panel with a raised diamond surrounded by scrolling 'S' shapes. Complete with a box spring mattress.
Provenance
Bought by Captain Harry Lindsay on behalf of Waldorf Astor, later 2nd Viscount Astor for the bedroom of Nancy Astor. A note from Astor to Miss Crawford states that 'the bed in the Elizabethan Room came from 'Strangeways Hall' and was purchased by Capt. L from W. M. Dearrman. South King St. Manchester for £150. The bed was presented to the National Trust, with the house and grounds, by Waldorf, 2nd Viscount Astor (1879-1952) in 1942.