A bed-box (also known as covered bed , bed near , or closed bed ) is a covered bed furniture that looks like a closet, half open or not. The shape comes from late medieval european medieval furniture.
Bed boxes are closed on all sides by wood paneling. One entry by removing the curtain, opening the door hinges or sliding door on one or two slides. Beds are placed on short legs to prevent moisture due to ground floor.
In front of the bed-box there was often a large chest, the same length as the bed. It's always a 'seat of honor,' and is presented also as a step to climb into bed. It is also used to store clothes, underwear and blankets the rest of the time.
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Closed bed in Brittany
In Brittany, the closed bed (French:
Some closed beds are built one on top of the other in a two-level, two-story arrangement. In this case, young people sleep upstairs.
It was the main furniture of a country house in Brittany until the 20th century. Often carved and decorated, it is the pride of the owner.
The enclosed beds are 1.60 to 1.70 m in size, long enough for people in the area to be rather small. And since they slept in a nearly sitting position, they leaned on three or four pillows. It was a medieval tradition to not sleep while lying down, because it was the position of the dead and the stupa.
Then out of fashion and because they are expensive to make, box beds are gradually abandoned in the 19th and 20th centuries. Fine pieces are placed in museums (Lampaul-Guimiliau, Nantes, Quimper, Rennes, St-Brieuc), while most of them are converted into bookshelves, dressers or TV cabinets. In the 21st century, rental companies offer a night in an authentic box bed. Contemporary designers Breton, Erwan and Ronan Bouroullec have reinterpreted the shape with lit-clos , 2000 for Galerie kreo.
Bed-boxes are also used to protect people at home from animals (pigs, chickens) also stay at home, or even to protect them from wolves that might enter the house and snatch the baby.
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Bedding in the Netherlands
In the Netherlands, bed-cabinets, or bedsteders, are commonly used in the 19th century, especially in rural farmhouses. The closets are closed with doors or curtains.
One of the advantages of bed-cabinets is that it can be built into the living room and closed during the day, making separate bedrooms unnecessary. Another major advantage is, during the winter, a small area of ​​the bed-cabinet will be warmed by body heat. This means the stove does not need to be kept triggered at night. The door will not be completely closed, but left open slightly.
During the 16th and 17th centuries, bed-cabinets were much smaller. Lying is associated with death, and therefore sleep is done in a half-upright position. These bedrooms accommodate two people, and below them are often drawers of "rolkoetsen" that are pulled out and provide beds for children.
In the literature
The bed-boxes are mentioned in the detective novel Georges Simenon Patience from Maigret (originally, Le chien jaune , 1936), reissued as Maigret and Yellow Dog me. In a house with magnificent furniture, the detective notices "Breton closet-beds [ sic ] are converted into vitrines". A box bed is also mentioned in Tim Powers' Declaration and is described in the "Sabine's Journal" chapter of the U.S. Byatt's Possession . Emily BrontÃÆ'Â menggunakan uses a box bed for relaxing effects in Chapter III of Wuthering Heights. A box crib was mentioned in The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan when Richard Hannay disguised himself. as a Scottish roadman: "I made my mind dwell lovingly sleeping on a box bed and a bottle of cheap whiskey..." A box bed was mentioned in "Ross Poldark: A Poldark Novel 1" by Winston Graham. In chapter seven, Demelza is sent to spend the night in the bed of Ross's dad's box. "... he's afraid the big wooden doors from the bed will swing slowly and close them forever..." A crib bedding is called in the contemporary fantasy novel "From a High Tower" by Mercedes Lackey. "Under the attic is a crib bed where Tante Gretchen is clearly sleeping."
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