Card/Transcription No.: 466-1

466. BEDSTEAD (COVERED WITH SHEET-GOLD) 1

POSITION:    
Lying on its side, across northern end of chamber, on the top of
miscellanea (see photos Nos. 1145, 1144, 1142).
DIMENSIONS:
Max. L. 1.75; Max. W. 83.5 (in head-end front); Max. W. 82.4
(back front end); Height of foot-panel (above bed) 30.0 cents.
Max. H. (from ground) 69.0 cents.

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height (from top to ground) 43.5   37.0 39.0 cents

DESCRIPTION:
Wooden bedstead: the frame work, foot-panel, legs, stretchers and
angle pieces, completely covered with sheet-gold of approx. 0.40
cents in thickness; has pleated mesh of linen thread of eight
strands (see photo); has four legs of feline form; between fore-legs at head end and hind-legs at foot-end (i.e. panel end) a
stretcher and angle support; the stretchers are plain cylindrical
bars having ends of umbelliferous form; the angle supports are
semi-oval <>  and are ribbed (transversely) suggesting binding
similar to the case in wicker-work construction.
Gold sheeting fixed by means of small nails <> and certainly in
some cases by glue on thin coating of gesso, but it is difficult
to say to what extent the gold sheeting being (excepting buckling
from shrinkage of the wood) in good condition. The upright foot-panel is supported by an angle-piece of the following form: -

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end of bed
leg
angle support
stretcher