| A canopy bed is a type of ornamental bed | | | | were then developed and improved as regards |
| generally designed to create a ceiling of draperies | | | | the artistic designs are concerned. The wooden |
| and walls of fabrics which are integrated and | | | | headboard of the canopy beds were then |
| attached to the poles or beams from all the four | | | | designed with creative and arty carvings. Carvings |
| sides of the bed. | | | | were likewise made in the poles and beams to |
| This bed was originally created as a means to | | | | match that of the headboard. Later, a few other |
| shield the person sleeping in bed from outside | | | | decorations and patterns were made to these |
| matters which could possibly fall from the ceiling. | | | | beds. |
| It is actually functional in nature, unlike the current | | | | At the present time, canopy beds are categorized |
| canopy beds which are commonly utilized for their | | | | into either traditional or modern. The conventional |
| aesthetic quality and elegance. | | | | types or traditional beds are usually based on the |
| These beds with draperies and fabrics were | | | | Victorian fashion. They are composed of cast iron |
| supposed to be used as a form of an enclosure | | | | frames or metal posts. Wooden frames are |
| to provide a certain amount of privacy and also | | | | likewise used and heavy fabrics, either pleated or |
| to keep the person sleeping warm and | | | | ruffled, are employed for the draping. On the |
| comfortable. During the medieval era, the royal | | | | other hand, the modern or contemporary beds |
| and the noble families share their rooms with their | | | | sport a more simple and unfussy design, such as |
| servants and aids. The draperies and curtains | | | | geometric and clever designs. Contemporary ones |
| were then put up in the poles or beams in the | | | | use wooden frames, iron or metal frames and |
| bed to provide them an added degree of privacy. | | | | sometimes a combination of both. |
| During the 16th Century, the four poster beds | | | | |