[MR] FWD: Images of Elizabethan interiors?

[David Chessler]

TOPIC: Images of Elizabethan interiors?
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Date: Thurs, Jun 24 2010 12:53 am 
From: synthius2002 at yahoo.com 


> interiors in England around 1600. In
> particular, alehouses, inns, or taverns.
> Don

I used to have a period bed I slept in. It may have been on the classy
side but some elements will be the same. High off the floor. We had a
step stool to make it easier to get in. Narrower than our modern queen
but wider than a single. The sturdy side beams (4x4?) had a row of
wooden "mushrooms" on top for the rope webbing to hook onto. The
finish on the bed was very dark and uniformly crazed EXCEPT for
smoothness where the rope would have gone. After loosening, you could
probably take the whole rope net off very quickly. My grandfather had
screwed on rails to take modern slats, so I wouldn't know much about
the rope web. The four posters were heavy, well turned, and of an
equal high height. The tops of the posts were wide and flat. You could
easily put your drink there. Each had a hole in the center top
presumably to insert posts for a canopy. The hole was probably less
than one inch wide, but fairly deep. I found the turning style
inelegant due to the massive bland tops, but the builder may have
wanted maximum material around the canopy mountings to guarantee
strength. Sorry I have no recollection of the headboard. I must have
been rather plain.

Nils K. Hammer



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