Details

Object type

bed

Place Associated

England (place of manufacture)

Date

16th century with later additions

Materials

oak

Dimensions

overall: 1332 mm x 1226 mm x 2185 mm

Description

Joined half-headed bedstead form, made up of a backboard with three vertical panels carved with gothic tracery, divided by two slender split columns, and small cornice; two long bed-stock rails with four panels carved on the outside with tracery and trellis patterns alternately; a low footboard with two horizontal tracery panels and short projecting posts of eight sides rounded at top. Made up from early panels into this form in the early 20th century.

Provenance: Possibly bought from Robert Langley, Chester, £31.10. 20 April 1926. Possibly once in the bedroom of Marion Burrell at Hutton Castle in the Scottish borders. Daughter of Sir William Burrell.

Credit Line/Donor

Gifted by Sir William and Lady Burrell to the City of Glasgow, 1944

Collection

Burrell Collection: Furniture

ID Number

14.225

Location

In storage