Beds
Henry II. Few beds are ext from this period. Based on evidence from contemporary engravings and paintings it appears that the most common bed was the fourposter that upheld a tester. The bed was richly ornamented with carving on the cornice and frieze; finials were mounted above the tester in line with the posts or columns. Instead of columns, sometimes terms(pedestals that tapered toward the base on which a bust was sometimes mounted) or caryatids(female figures used to support an entablature) were employed. The headboard was extravagantly carved; there was no footboard(Figure 6-2