PE - "canopy" beds....

[david friedman]

At 5:49 AM -0700 10/4/00, Tannim McLlyr wrote:
>to let you know smoke & fire co. has plans for camp furniture including a 4
>post folding bed    www.smoke-fire.com
>>  I am in search of documentation (if there is any!) on canopy style beds
>for
>>  14th-16th century....especially any made out of iron....I have lots of
>>  examples from 1700s but haven't found any in my book collection (haven't
>made
>>  it to the library yet) from medieval period....i'd like to make my pennsic
>  > rope bed into a canopy bed so i can curtain it off on cold nights!

We also have a design for a (wooden) canopy bed in the Miscellany, 
although we've never actually put a canopy on it--we use the 
framework to hang damp clothes and such on when going to bed at 
Pennsic. But it isn't based on any period original, except in a very 
loose sense (the mechanics of the design are based on a Norse bed, 
but not a canopy bed).
-- 
David/Cariadoc
http://www.daviddfriedman.com/
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