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Late 19th Century Canopy Bed from Shanxi, China
Late 19th Century Canopy Bed from Shanxi, China

Late 19th Century Canopy Bed from Shanxi, China

Located in Singapore, SG

An antique canopy bed from Shanxi province made of Elm wood.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture

Materials

Rattan, Elm

Chinese Red Lacquer Canopy Bed with Footrest, c. 1900
Chinese Red Lacquer Canopy Bed with Footrest, c. 1900

Chinese Red Lacquer Canopy Bed with Footrest, c. 1900

Located in Chicago, IL

A Chinese canopy bed, or marriage bed, was the most important part of a bride's dowry and was the central feature of her personal quarters.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture

Materials

Elm, Reed

Bed (Sepia Toned Still Life Photo of Mahogany Canopy Bed with Lace Bedspread)
Bed (Sepia Toned Still Life Photo of Mahogany Canopy Bed with Lace Bedspread)

Bed (Sepia Toned Still Life Photo of Mahogany Canopy Bed with Lace Bedspread)

By David Halliday

Located in Hudson, NY

Bed, 1992 Still Life Photograph of Mahogany Canopy Bed in a Bedroom by David Halliday Sepia toned silver gelatin print, edition of 15 Custom brown wood shadow box frames, no mat wit...

Category

1990s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Silver Gelatin

19th Century French Louis XV Carved Giltwood Canapé de Lit Crest
19th Century French Louis XV Carved Giltwood Canapé de Lit Crest

19th Century French Louis XV Carved Giltwood Canapé de Lit Crest

Located in Dallas, TX

Originally designed as a bed canopy crest, the long, gently arched form would have been mounted above a bed to support or frame draped fabric, adding both height and theatricality to...

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Decorative Art

Materials

Giltwood

Pair of Chinese Canopy Bed Curtain Hooks with Money Toads
Pair of Chinese Canopy Bed Curtain Hooks with Money Toads

Pair of Chinese Canopy Bed Curtain Hooks with Money Toads

Located in Chicago, IL

This fantastic pair of etched brass hooks recreates those used throughout the Qing dynasty to hold open the gauzy curtains of traditional canopy beds. Each of the large hooks is affi...

Category

20th Century Chinese Qing Metalwork

Materials

Brass

Colonial Painted Folk Art Canopy Bed, Ex. Collection of Estee Lauder
Colonial Painted Folk Art Canopy Bed, Ex. Collection of Estee Lauder

Colonial Painted Folk Art Canopy Bed, Ex. Collection of Estee Lauder

Located in Las Vegas, NV

This makes it a solid useable bed (Mattress size fit 76" x 50"). The original canopy art boards are now solidly back supported for preservation.

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Painted Furniture

Materials

Wood

1980s Green Canopy Bed and Chest of Drawers Dark Lacquer for Sormani, Italy
1980s Green Canopy Bed and Chest of Drawers Dark Lacquer for Sormani, Italy

1980s Green Canopy Bed and Chest of Drawers Dark Lacquer for Sormani, Italy

By Davide Pizzigoni & Manolo De Giorgi, Sormani, Marco Comolli

Located in Arosio, IT

Canopy bed An unusual canopy bed, named Fauno, manufactured by Sormani in very dark green (almost black) glossy lacquer, with 4 columns in grey nextel and a metal canopy in light ap...

Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Bedroom Sets

Materials

Steel

Victorian painted pine canopy top cradle
Victorian painted pine canopy top cradle

Victorian painted pine canopy top cradle

Located in Debenham, Suffolk

Pine construction with original red wash stain.  Bed space with canopy, placed on 2 sledge rockers. 

Category

Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Children's Furniture

Materials

Pine, Paint

Chinese Floral Longevity Canopy Painting, c. 1900
Chinese Floral Longevity Canopy Painting, c. 1900

Chinese Floral Longevity Canopy Painting, c. 1900

Located in Chicago, IL

Thoughts of a long, happy life greeted the young couple who gazed up from their bed on this canopy panel. Adorned with chrysanthemums and peaches, both symbols of longevity, the lyri...

Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Pine, Paint

Venetian King Bed
Venetian King Bed

Venetian King Bed

By Century Furniture, Tara Shaw

Located in New Orleans, LA

The Venetian Canopy Bed is distinguished by its upholstered headboard, whose softly scalloped silhouette recalls the arched forms of historic palazzi and Gothic windows found through...

Category

2010s Bedroom Sets

Materials

Metal

Vintage Pair Giltwood Specimen Marble Occasional Tables Mid 20th Century
Vintage Pair Giltwood Specimen Marble Occasional Tables Mid 20th Century

Vintage Pair Giltwood Specimen Marble Occasional Tables Mid 20th Century

By David Hicks

Located in London, GB

One of his specialties was bedroom interiors with his unique and spectacular canopy beds. As opposed to traditional canopy beds with bedposts, Hicks’s bed canopy and curtains were at...

Category

Mid-20th Century English Regency Revival Side Tables

Materials

Marble

Chinese Ming Dynasty Tomb Funeral Pottery Bed Model
Chinese Ming Dynasty Tomb Funeral Pottery Bed Model

Chinese Ming Dynasty Tomb Funeral Pottery Bed Model

Located in Atlanta, GA

There are holes of the four corners on the bed, probably used to hold canopy made from wood and fabrics, but the organic material has since desegrated in the tomb.

Category

Antique 16th Century Chinese Ming Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Chinese Ming Dynasty Tomb Funeral Pottery Bed Model
Chinese Ming Dynasty Tomb Funeral Pottery Bed Model

Chinese Ming Dynasty Tomb Funeral Pottery Bed Model

Located in Atlanta, GA

There are holes of the four corners on the bed, probably used to hold canopy made from wood and fabrics, but the organic material has since desegrated in the tomb.

Category

Antique 16th Century Chinese Ming Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

19th C. French Giltwood, Ormolu Swan Bed Corona, Circle Desmalter/ Krieger
19th C. French Giltwood, Ormolu Swan Bed Corona, Circle Desmalter/ Krieger

19th C. French Giltwood, Ormolu Swan Bed Corona, Circle Desmalter/ Krieger

By Jacob-Desmalter, Maison Krieger

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

This ring was likely intended to suspend sheer bed curtains, drapery, or a lightweight baldachin, creating a romantic and ceremonial canopy above a bed or daybed.

Category

Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Curtains and Valances

Materials

Ormolu

Mid Century French Ink Drawings of Interior Scene with Woman Resting in Bed
Mid Century French Ink Drawings of Interior Scene with Woman Resting in Bed

Mid Century French Ink Drawings of Interior Scene with Woman Resting in Bed

By Josine Vignon

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Mid Century French Ink Drawings of Interior Scene with Woman Resting in Bed Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: Ink on paper Size: 4.75 (height) x 7.25 (width)...

Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ink

1 OF 2 FINE & IMPORTANT CiRCA 1969 DAVID HICKS SOFAS ORIGINAL TICKING FABRIC
1 OF 2 FINE & IMPORTANT CiRCA 1969 DAVID HICKS SOFAS ORIGINAL TICKING FABRIC

1 OF 2 FINE & IMPORTANT CiRCA 1969 DAVID HICKS SOFAS ORIGINAL TICKING FABRIC

By David Hicks

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

One of his speciality was bedroom interiors with his unique and spectacular canopy beds. As opposed to traditional canopy beds with bedposts, Hicks’s bed canopy and curtains were att...

Category

20th Century English Country Sofas

Materials

Upholstery

18th Century Rococo Chinoiserie Canvas, Camaïeu Bleu, Circle of Francois Boucher
18th Century Rococo Chinoiserie Canvas, Camaïeu Bleu, Circle of Francois Boucher

18th Century Rococo Chinoiserie Canvas, Camaïeu Bleu, Circle of Francois Boucher

By François Boucher

Located in Cotignac, FR

Thus, in "The Audience of the Chinese Emperor", there are various elements that have nothing Chinese about them: a Polish-style bed, canopies supported by twisted columns similar to ...

Category

Mid-18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Chinese Gilt Scholar Garden Panel, 19th Century
Antique Chinese Gilt Scholar Garden Panel, 19th Century

Antique Chinese Gilt Scholar Garden Panel, 19th Century

Located in Chicago, IL

This antique Chinese wall hanging was once the panel of a grand Qing-dynasty canopy bed or painted cabinet. Dated to the mid-19th century, the wooden panel is finished with cinnabar-...

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Russian Icon of the Nativity of the Mother of God, 19th Century
Russian Icon of the Nativity of the Mother of God, 19th Century

Russian Icon of the Nativity of the Mother of God, 19th Century

Located in ALHAURÍN EL GRANDE, Malaga

On the left, St. Anna reclines on a bed beneath a canopy after giving birth. Below, midwives wash the infant Mary.

Category

Antique Early 19th Century Russian Folk Art Religious Items

Materials

Wood

Antique Framed Berlin Woolwork Needlework Panel, Isaac Blessing Jacob ca. 1890
Antique Framed Berlin Woolwork Needlework Panel, Isaac Blessing Jacob ca. 1890

Antique Framed Berlin Woolwork Needlework Panel, Isaac Blessing Jacob ca. 1890

Located in Nottingham, GB

The composition places the elderly, bearded patriarch propped up in an ornate canopied bed, flanked by gathered green drapery. Kneeling beside the bedside, Jacob reaches forward in a...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Art

Materials

Gesso, Wool, Canvas, Glass, Wood

Set of Three Erotic Boudoir Lithographs, Berlin, circa 1850
Set of Three Erotic Boudoir Lithographs, Berlin, circa 1850

Set of Three Erotic Boudoir Lithographs, Berlin, circa 1850

Located in Langweer, NL

The third, and most overtly sensual, depicts a partially undressed woman alone on a canopied bed. Its captions read “Keine Hoffnung – Alles dahin!”

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century German Romantic Prints

Materials

Paper

Angel Destroys the Assyrian Army and Hezekiah's Recovery, Mortier, circa 1700
Angel Destroys the Assyrian Army and Hezekiah's Recovery, Mortier, circa 1700

Angel Destroys the Assyrian Army and Hezekiah's Recovery, Mortier, circa 1700

Located in Langweer, NL

Hezekiah lies in a great canopied bed while Isaiah stands beside him with hand raised, and courtiers wait in the columned chamber.

Category

Antique Late 17th Century Dutch Prints

Materials

Paper

Interior Print
Interior Print

Interior Print

Located in New York, NY

A framed print of an elegant traditional bed chamber featuring a formal canopy bed; matted and finished in a gilt wood frame.

Category

20th Century French Louis XV Prints

Materials

Paper

"Recent Memory" - abstract, teal, nature-based, flowing
"Recent Memory" - abstract, teal, nature-based, flowing

"Recent Memory" - abstract, teal, nature-based, flowing

By Evan Blackwell-Helgeson

Located in Atlanta, GA

The paintings in this show evoke a sense of constant transformation mimicking light falling across water, rocks on a river bed, garden blooms, or the canopy of a forest composed of f...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

"A Flower For Your Thoughts" - abstract, pink, green, nature-based
"A Flower For Your Thoughts" - abstract, pink, green, nature-based

"A Flower For Your Thoughts" - abstract, pink, green, nature-based

By Evan Blackwell-Helgeson

Located in Atlanta, GA

The paintings in this show evoke a sense of constant transformation mimicking light falling across water, rocks on a river bed, garden blooms, or the canopy of a forest composed of f...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Faux-Bamboo Wall Mirror with Chinese Carved Panel
Faux-Bamboo Wall Mirror with Chinese Carved Panel

Faux-Bamboo Wall Mirror with Chinese Carved Panel

Located in Chicago, IL

Likely extracted from an antique canopy bed or cabinet, the 19th-century panel is carved in low relief with a scene of imperial figures gathered within an elaborate palace courtyard.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Wall Mirrors

Materials

Mirror, Wood

Crafts of Comfort and Style: Upholstery and Furniture Design in the 1760s
Crafts of Comfort and Style: Upholstery and Furniture Design in the 1760s

Crafts of Comfort and Style: Upholstery and Furniture Design in the 1760s

Located in Langweer, NL

In the first print, we see two types of beds with canopies, known as "Lit à colonnes" and "Lit à la Duchesse," accompanied by different fabric patterns that might be used for the bed...

Category

Antique 1760s Prints

Materials

Paper

Large Early 18th Century French Verdure Aubusson Tapestry Wall Hanging
Large Early 18th Century French Verdure Aubusson Tapestry Wall Hanging

Large Early 18th Century French Verdure Aubusson Tapestry Wall Hanging

Located in AMSTERDAM, NH

In the foreground, a bird indulges in a leisurely bath while a grand tree unfurls its leafy boughs like nature’s own canopy bed. The setting? An idyllic riverside town in the backgro...

Category

Antique Early 18th Century French French Provincial Tapestries

Materials

Wool, Linen

Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, Qing-dynasty
Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, Qing-dynasty

Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, Qing-dynasty

Located in Chicago, IL

Note the wooden stool, lacquered headrest pillow, and grand canopy bed, carved with ruyi-form and key-pattern motifs.

Category

Mid-19th Century Qing Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850

Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850

Located in Chicago, IL

Note the wooden stool, hanging jade tassel, and grand canopy bed, carved with ruyi-form and key-pattern motifs.

Category

Mid-19th Century Qing Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

"Left Unsaid" - abstract, green, nature-based, flowing
"Left Unsaid" - abstract, green, nature-based, flowing

"Left Unsaid" - abstract, green, nature-based, flowing

By Evan Blackwell-Helgeson

Located in Atlanta, GA

The paintings in this show evoke a sense of constant transformation mimicking light falling across water, rocks on a river bed, garden blooms, or the canopy of a forest composed of f...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

"Breakwater" - abstract, blue, nature-based
"Breakwater" - abstract, blue, nature-based

"Breakwater" - abstract, blue, nature-based

By Evan Blackwell-Helgeson

Located in Atlanta, GA

The paintings in this show evoke a sense of constant transformation mimicking light falling across water, rocks on a river bed, garden blooms, or the canopy of a forest composed of f...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

"Echo" - abstract, blue, geometric, nature-based
"Echo" - abstract, blue, geometric, nature-based

"Echo" - abstract, blue, geometric, nature-based

By Evan Blackwell-Helgeson

Located in Atlanta, GA

The paintings in this show evoke a sense of constant transformation mimicking light falling across water, rocks on a river bed, garden blooms, or the canopy of a forest composed of f...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

"Hot Take" - abstract, red, nature-based, vibrant
"Hot Take" - abstract, red, nature-based, vibrant

"Hot Take" - abstract, red, nature-based, vibrant

By Evan Blackwell-Helgeson

Located in Atlanta, GA

The paintings in this show evoke a sense of constant transformation mimicking light falling across water, rocks on a river bed, garden blooms, or the canopy of a forest composed of f...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

"Limelight" - abstract, lime green, purple, nature-based, flowing
"Limelight" - abstract, lime green, purple, nature-based, flowing

"Limelight" - abstract, lime green, purple, nature-based, flowing

By Evan Blackwell-Helgeson

Located in Atlanta, GA

The paintings in this show evoke a sense of constant transformation mimicking light falling across water, rocks on a river bed, garden blooms, or the canopy of a forest composed of f...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

"Midnight Bloom" - abstract, blue, nature-based, flowing
"Midnight Bloom" - abstract, blue, nature-based, flowing

"Midnight Bloom" - abstract, blue, nature-based, flowing

By Evan Blackwell-Helgeson

Located in Atlanta, GA

The paintings in this show evoke a sense of constant transformation mimicking light falling across water, rocks on a river bed, garden blooms, or the canopy of a forest composed of f...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

"Perennial Trace: What Light Builds" - abstract, yellow, nature-based, flowing
"Perennial Trace: What Light Builds" - abstract, yellow, nature-based, flowing

"Perennial Trace: What Light Builds" - abstract, yellow, nature-based, flowing

By Evan Blackwell-Helgeson

Located in Atlanta, GA

The paintings in this show evoke a sense of constant transformation mimicking light falling across water, rocks on a river bed, garden blooms, or the canopy of a forest composed of f...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

"Timelapse" - abstract, yellow, geometric, nature-based, flowing
"Timelapse" - abstract, yellow, geometric, nature-based, flowing

"Timelapse" - abstract, yellow, geometric, nature-based, flowing

By Evan Blackwell-Helgeson

Located in Atlanta, GA

The paintings in this show evoke a sense of constant transformation mimicking light falling across water, rocks on a river bed, garden blooms, or the canopy of a forest composed of f...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Pair of Chinese Relief Carved Daybed Panels, c. 1850
Pair of Chinese Relief Carved Daybed Panels, c. 1850

Pair of Chinese Relief Carved Daybed Panels, c. 1850

Located in Chicago, IL

These carved wooden panels were once a part of the railing to a grand Qing-dynasty daybed or canopy bed enclosure. Expertly crafted, the panel displays a beautiful relief carving wit...

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Elm

Framed Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Framed Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850

Framed Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850

Located in Chicago, IL

Note the wooden stool, hanging jade tassel, and grand canopy bed, carved with ruyi-form and key-pattern motifs.

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Framed Chinese Erotic Miniature Painting, c. 1850
Framed Chinese Erotic Miniature Painting, c. 1850

Framed Chinese Erotic Miniature Painting, c. 1850

Located in Chicago, IL

Note the wooden stool, lacquered headrest pillow, and grand canopy bed, carved with ruyi-form and key-pattern motifs.

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Charm School: the Schumacher Guide to Traditional Decorating for Today
Charm School: the Schumacher Guide to Traditional Decorating for Today

Charm School: the Schumacher Guide to Traditional Decorating for Today

Located in New York, NY

Using Schumacher’s iconic patterns, luminary interior designers illustrate how to breathe new life into traditional design to create chic, modern, swoon-worthy rooms to inspire and e...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Books

Materials

Paper

Deathbed of the Prince of Orange, circa 1647 – Historic Dutch Engraving, ca.1647
Deathbed of the Prince of Orange, circa 1647 – Historic Dutch Engraving, ca.1647

Deathbed of the Prince of Orange, circa 1647 – Historic Dutch Engraving, ca.1647

Located in Langweer, NL

The engraving vividly captures the solemn scene of the dying Prince surrounded by his closest family members and high-ranking statesmen of the Dutch Republic. The large canopy bed, t...

Category

Antique Mid-17th Century Dutch Prints

Materials

Paper

17th Century Large Tuscan Renaissance hanging Console in Walnut with Drawer
17th Century Large Tuscan Renaissance hanging Console in Walnut with Drawer

17th Century Large Tuscan Renaissance hanging Console in Walnut with Drawer

Located in Vigonza, Padua

In this splendid and unrepeatable cultural context, the evolution of furniture is enriched with new models - simple and double-body sideboards, benches, cabinets, beds with base and ...

Category

Antique 17th Century Italian Renaissance Console Tables

Materials

Walnut

New Modern Pink Oushak Carpet with French Provincial Style
New Modern Pink Oushak Carpet with French Provincial Style

New Modern Pink Oushak Carpet with French Provincial Style

Located in Dallas, TX

Whether unfurled in a serene sitting room, beneath a canopy bed, or within a sun-drenched study, it brings with it a sense of stillness and lyricism—an invitation to slow down, to fe...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pakistani Romantic Turkish Rugs

Materials

Wool

Phyllis Morris Silver Poodle Table Lamp, Signed, Hollywood Regency
Phyllis Morris Silver Poodle Table Lamp, Signed, Hollywood Regency

Phyllis Morris Silver Poodle Table Lamp, Signed, Hollywood Regency

By Phyllis Morris

Located in Brooklyn, NY

By 1953, she founded Phyllis Morris Originals...a studio and brand that countered the established design world’s pared-down, impersonal, mass-produced ‘modern look’ with uniquely ext...

Category

Vintage 1950s American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps

Materials

Clay

Jessie Mann as Frida Kahlo (Plate 67), Virginia

Jessie Mann as Frida Kahlo (Plate 67), Virginia

By Len Prince

Located in New York, NY

While recovering from the bus accident that left her bedridden for months, Frida Kahlo would paint portraits of herself using a mirror that was attached to her canopy bed. "Frida liv...

Category

Early 2000s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Phyllis Morris Original Poodle Table Lamp, Signed, Blue, 1952 Hollywood Regency
Phyllis Morris Original Poodle Table Lamp, Signed, Blue, 1952 Hollywood Regency

Phyllis Morris Original Poodle Table Lamp, Signed, Blue, 1952 Hollywood Regency

By Phyllis Morris

Located in Brooklyn, NY

By 1953, she founded Phyllis Morris Originals...a studio and brand that countered the established design world’s pared-down, impersonal, mass-produced ‘modern look’ with uniquely ext...

Category

Vintage 1950s American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps

Materials

Clay

16th Century Madonna of the Carnations Painting Oil on Canvas from Raffaello
16th Century Madonna of the Carnations Painting Oil on Canvas from Raffaello

16th Century Madonna of the Carnations Painting Oil on Canvas from Raffaello

By Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino)

Located in Milan, IT

The Child, on the other hand, is naked (even if a soft cloth cores his nakedness) and sits on the legs of the Mother and observes the flowers that he holds in her hands. Inside there...

Category

Antique 16th Century Italian Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Phyllis Morris Signed Hollywood Regency Swan Console Table Pair
Phyllis Morris Signed Hollywood Regency Swan Console Table Pair

Phyllis Morris Signed Hollywood Regency Swan Console Table Pair

By Maison Jansen, Phyllis Morris, Dorthy Draper

Located in Forney, TX

She designed hotel suites frequented by Frank Sinatra, Jackie Kennedy Onassis and Elvis. Her opulent canopied beds became a status symbol for the likes of Cher and Sonny Bono, the Wh...

Category

Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Console Tables

Materials

Wood, Giltwood, Lacquer, Paint

19th century watercolour of a Girl at her Dressing Table
19th century watercolour of a Girl at her Dressing Table

19th century watercolour of a Girl at her Dressing Table

By William Henry Hunt

Located in London, GB

Hunt has meticulously depicted the patchwork quilt on the bed, its simple canopy and hangings as well as the patterned hat box under the bed.

Category

19th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Pencil

English Edwardian Folding Games Table
English Edwardian Folding Games Table

English Edwardian Folding Games Table

Located in Hudson, NY

The British empire at this time just before the 1st world war maintained a large standing army stationed throughout its far-flung world empire and officers or high rank considered it...

Category

Early 20th Century English Edwardian Game Tables

Materials

Mahogany

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Find many varieties of an authentic bed canopy available at 1stDibs. Each bed canopy for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and brass. If you’re shopping for a bed canopy, we have 524 options in-stock, while there are 80 modern editions to choose from as well. Your living room may not be complete without a bed canopy — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A bed canopy made by mid-century modern designers — as well as those associated with Victorian — is very popular. A well-made bed canopy has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Henredon, Phyllis Morris and Tara Shaw Maison are consistently popular.

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Questions About Bed Canopy

  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021
    A canopy over a bed is called a canopy bed. This type of bed is very similar to a 4-poster bed. Decorative fabric is draped upon the upper spaced between the posts.
  • 1stDibs ExpertAugust 17, 2021
    Canopy beds were traditionally used to retain warmth at bedtime and create a sense of privacy within the bed, though now are popular for their luxurious design. Canopy beds usually have four posters and draped fabric over the top and sides.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    The canopy above a bed is called a tester. Antique testers were most often made of wood. Contemporary testers may also be made of metal, or simply draped cloth. There are also half-size testers that cover the upper half of the bed. On 1stDibs, find an array of canopy beds featuring testers.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    To make a canopy for your bed, extend the four posts of your frame using metal or wood. You can then use drapes or fabric to create the canopy. Alternatively, buy your own by shopping a collection of canopy beds from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Canopy beds were initially designed to conserve warmth and to offer privacy. Now, the four-poster frame offers plentiful design opportunities, from classic drapes to dramatic tassels. Shop a collection of canopy beds from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Yes, canopy beds are still made. A canopy bed features four posts, one at each corner, and affixed to the top of the post is a canopy. The canopy is frequently made of fabric, but it can be made of wood or another solid object and carved to look like fabric. Shop a collection of antique and contemporary canopy beds from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A four poster bed features four posts, one at each corner. A canopy bed also has four posts, one at each corner, but a canopy bed is covered with a cloth of some sort. They can look similar except for the canopy on top. However, canopy posts are often built differently than four poster beds so they can accommodate the fabric. Shop a collection of four poster and canopy beds from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.

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