16th Century Tudor Rope Bed in the Saffron Walden museum

Here are a few pictures I took of a 16th century rope bed in Saffron Walden, Essex, England.   The photographs are all protected by copyright law.  The images are all thumbnails, linked to larger pictures.

Original 16th century Tudor rope bed. There is a short aluminum frame around the bed in this photo.  (36kb)		Photo of the carved headpost and a little bit of the head board. (40kb)
Close up of the tops of the posts, including the top pieces that support a canopy. (24kb)		One of the legs of the headboard.  (The footboard legs are different.) (54kb)
Wide view of the headboard. (59kb)		The corner joinery.  Also shows the interesting horizontal slot in the side rail. (36kb)
The left edge of the headboard (from the outside).  Shows the two reinforcing pieces.  (41kb)		The right edge of the headboard (from the outside).  Shows two reinforcing pieces similar to the left edge.  (32kb)
The bottom of the corner post by the headboard.  (37kb)		A close up of the corner joinery at the foot of the bed.  (34kb)
The pegs of the corner joinery from the foot end.  (19 kb)		The pegs of the corner joinery from the side.  (27kb)
The outside of the headboard, showing the pegs of the frame around the linenfold panels. (38kb)