Great Bed of Ware
Hans Vredeman de Vries · 1590
Hans Vredeman de Vries
Seventeen Provinces · 1527–1607
Hans Vredeman de Vries was a Dutch Renaissance architect, painter, and engineer. Vredeman de Vries is known for his publication in 1583 on garden design and his books with many examples on ornaments (1565) and perspective (1604). The Vredeman de Vries family included a number of artists and musicians.
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Great Bed of Ware
Hans Vredeman de Vries · 1590
Victoria and Albert Museum
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, Hertfordshire, England. Built by Hertfordshire carpenter Jonas Fosbrooke about 1590, the bed measures 3.38m long and 3.26m wide (ten by eleven feet) and can "reputedly... accommodate at least four couples".
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