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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 ...
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]
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.
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 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; The Four ...
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The bed measures 9 feet (2.7 m) in height, 5 feet (1.5 m) in width and 6 feet (1.8 m) in length. [13] It is a four-poster bed with each of the posts topped with a carved lion (one of which has lost his tail) each of which holds a shield emblazoned with a rose.