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Four-poster bed Ornate Elizabethan four-poster bed Four-poster bed (lit à colonnes), 19th century, château de Compiègne, France. A four-poster bed or tester bed [1] is a bed with four vertical columns, one in each corner, that support a tester, or upper (usually rectangular) panel. This tester or panel will often have rails to allow curtains ...
A four poster bed is a bed with four posts, one in each corner, that support a tester. A hammock is a piece of suspended fabric or netting, used on ships and in some homes. A hideaway bed, invented by Sarah E. Goode in response to the needs of apartment-dwellers, folds up into another piece of furniture, such as a shelf or desk, when not in use.
The kline, used from the late seventh century BCE, [33] was a multipurpose piece used as a bed, but also as a sofa and for reclining during meals. [34] It was rectangular and supported on four legs, two of which could be longer than the other, providing support for an armrest or headboard. [35]
Charpai (also, Charpaya, Charpoy, Khat, Khatla, Manja, or Manji) [1] is a traditional woven bed used across South Asia. The name charpai is a compound of char "four" and pay "footed". Regional variations are found in Afghanistan and Pakistan, North and Central India, Bihar and Myanmar. [2] The charpai is a simple design that is easy to construct.
The cotton wool in a razai clumps over time, thinning the razai and driving the air out, which causes the razai to become less effective as a protection against the cold. For this reason, prior to the onset of winter weather, it is common for families to get their razais carded: the cotton wool in the razai is removed, carded to eliminate the clumping, and reinserted into the razai-cover. [3]
The Great Bed of Ware is an extremely large oak four poster bed, carved with marquetry, that was originally housed in the White Hart Inn in Ware, England.Built by Hertfordshire carpenter Jonas Fosbrooke about 1590, the bed measures 3.38m long and 3.26m wide (ten by eleven feet) [2] and can "reputedly... accommodate at least four couples". [3]
Four poster, Four-Poster, Four-poster, etc. may refer to: Four-poster bed; The Fourposter, a 1951 play by Jan de Hartog; The Four Poster (film), a 1952 American comedy-drama film based on the 1951 play; The Four Poster (1964 film), a 1964 Australian TV play based on the 1951 play; 4-poster or four poster, an automotive test system
1 Difference between canopy bed and four poster bed. 1 comment. 2 Language. 3 comments. 3 "Tester" part of definition unnecessary? 4 Modern references. 1 comment.