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Category
Textiles
Date
circa 1850
Materials
Bird's eye maple, Beech, Softwood, Gilding, Silk
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 960164.3
Summary
The textile elements of a bird's eye maple tester bed, English, circa 1850. The tester of this high quality bed with pierced shell and scroll-carved pediments and projecting rounded corners topped by vase-turned and carved finials. The end posts reeded and baluster-turned columns with foliate capitals flanking an arched footboard. Hung with russet silk with a tasseled fringe.