Evidence-backed verified
Four-poster bed
associated_period · stored direction: Four-poster bed → Late sixteenth century
Represents a documented historical example, not an origin date for the form.
MUSEUM / DOCUMENTED WINDOW
Late sixteenth century
A historical-period node used for dated bed objects and associations around the late 1500s.
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PERIOD → FORM / DIRECT GRAPH EDGE
Documented form association
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MATERIAL / STYLE / MAKING CONTEXT
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RELATED / DIRECT ATLAS EDGES
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PROVENANCE
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- Victoria and Albert Museum verifiedThe Great Bed of Ware · reviewed 2026-09-09
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1590–1600 (constructed around 1590) / Documented object form
The Great Bed of Ware
A monumental English four-poster bed constructed around 1590 and documented by the Victoria and Albert Museum; BEDU records the museum-supported object facts separately from broader four-poster history.
- Form link
- Four-poster bed
- Holding
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Provenance
- partial