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| - Tall tester bed with an oak frame, rectangular in form, with hangings, linings and covers of Italian crimson silk damask brocaded with gold thread, trimmed with gold braid. The tester is enclosed by flat upper valances, below a curved cornice. At the four corners of the cornice are plumes of grey and white ostrich feathers rising from silk-covered wooden urns. The four feet are carved in openwork with angular scrolls, painted black.
The curtains, upper and lower valances and counterpane are trimmed with gold fringing. The flat headboard, with a scrolling top, is lined with matching silk damask and fringing. Behind the headboard is hung a headcloth of matching silk damask. The interior of the tester is domed, the joins trimmed with braid, with four short scalloped inner valances attached to each long side. The outer valances, hung from the lower edge of the cornice, are plain and rectangular, trimmed along the straight lower edge with fringing. The lower valances, attached to the bed rails, are in two parts, a plain rectangular panel, below which hangs a scalloped edging strip attached separately.
The curtains have been made into four sections in the 20th century, hanging at each corner and reaching half way down the lower valances. (en)
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