| Show ANCIENT BEDS TOO SUMPTUOUS beautiful and imposing they were but not comfortable in olden old en times beds w mere ere very sumptuous ar articles of furniture and the gift of one in a will a ill represented la in many cases a larso large sum of money moneys the bedstead with its frequent ly having cost several hundred pounds in elizabeths elizabeth B time and earlier bedsteads were mere imposing crea eions of oak richly carved in all manner ot of qu tint thit device with perhaps a grinning sata r peering from behind a pillar sufficiently grotesque to murder the bl umbers of the most romano lent those were the das too ot of heavy silken hangings hannings hang ings valances and quilts all richly embroidered in silk and gold and silver thread with heavy bullion fringes to adl weight and ma jesty such beds may be seen la in some of the valuable collections at the museums and at english country seats beats such as warwick castle and other notable old places to modern eyes they compare very unfavorably despite their intrinsic value with the simple dainty beds of modern times |
