Chapter 14, Item 80a
Bed accessories
Things usefull about a Bed, and bed-chamber.
Bed stocks, as Bed posts, sides, ends, Head and Tester
Mat, or sack-cloth Bottom.
Cord, Bed staves, and stay or the feet.
Curtain Roods and hookes, and rings, either Brass or Horn.
Beds of chaffe, Wool or flocks, Feathers, and down in Ticks or Bed Tick.
Bolsters, pillows.
Blankets, Ruggs, Quilts, Counterpan, caddows.
Curtaines, Valens, Tester Head cloth; all either fringed, Laced or plaine alike.
Inner curtaines and Valens, which are generally White silk or Linen.
Tester Bobbs or Wood gilt, or couered sutable to the curtaines.
Tester top either flatt, or Raised, or canopy like, or half Testered.
Basis, or the lower Valens at the seat of the Bed, which reacheth to the ground, and fringed for state as the vper Valens, either with Inch fring, caul fring, Tufted fring, snailing fring, Gimpe fring with Tufts and Buttons, Vellem fring, &c.
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Chapter 14, Item 80b
Bed chamber
The Chamber
Hangings about the Rome, of all sorts, as Arras, Tapestry, damask, silk, cloth or stuffe: in paines or with Rods, or gilt Leather, or plaine, else Pictures of Friends and Relations to Adorne the Rome.
Table, stands, dressing Box with drawers, a larg Myrour, or Looking glass. Couch, chaire, stoles, and chaires, a closs-stole.
Window curtaines, Flower potts,
Fire grate, and a good Fire in the winter, Fire shovel, Tongs, Fork and Bellowes.
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