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Canopy bed, made of velvet with damask curtains
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Canopy bed, made of velvet with damask curtains

anonymous · c. 1676 · metal; without; cotton (textile); silk

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Canopy bed, made of wood, equipped with curtains of damask painted with a wavy floral pattern on a wooden frame, consisting of four posts, square in cross-section from below, round above the mattress, between which partitions of the mattress box are attached. The back partition slightly raised. The bottom of the mattress box consists of two wooden cross beams. Between the two back posts, a piece of damask is stretched as a back wall, which is folded back around the posts. On the posts rests a rectangular frame of four slats, around which damask is stretched as a canopy covering, also from the inside completely around the slats up and back. Holes are drilled through the frame and the fabric, three on each side, through which three sets of cords with tassels are threaded, which hold up the curtains.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineHemelbed, vervaardigd van without met gordijnen van sits. c. 1676. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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