Elizabeth I oak tester bed
Circa 1570 - 1590
England
W 60 × H 78 1/2 × D 84
Stock # Marh1293
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Elizabeth I oak carved bedstead. The head board with applied pilasters with carved gadroons flanking deep heavy perspective moulded panels with lozenge chequer inlay decoration within. The canopy arranged with twelve panels of applied lozenge decoration with the same inlay decoration as head board.
The baluster turned posts with acanthus and gadrooned decoration.
Provenance: Shropshire Museum