"The essential happens in the pictures. The irrelevant in reality."

(Luigi Ghirri)

23 gennaio 2011

Great bed of Ware

The Great Bed of Ware is an extremely large oak four poster bed, carved with marquetry, that was originally housed in the White Hart Inn in Ware, England. Built by Hertfordshire carpenter Jonas Fosbrooke circa 1590, the bed measures ten by eleven feet and can "sleep" over fifteen people at once. Many of those who have used the bed have carved their names into its posts.

In 1931, it was acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.


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