ÿþ<html><head><title>Mistress Rosalind's bed curtains</title></head> <body bgcolor="#CCCC99" text="#000000" link="#003333" vlink="#663366"> <center> <img src="http://HouseBarra.com/projects/rosbed/mcurtain1.png" align="left"> <center> <font size=6><b><i>Mistress Rosalind's bed curtains</b></i></p></p></font> </center> Mistress Rosilynd was in a rush to finish things before Pennsic, and asked me to put together her bed curtains. She did the research and cut out the pieces, all I did was sew them together. The light was not good, so it's difficult to see the proper colors. The curtains are a pale gold damask and the back panel and inside canopy are a blood-red brocade.</p> Her bed, built by Manus Mac Dhai, is almost the same pattern as mine except that it uses flush-mount hardware and the rails sit on top of the posts secured with pegs. Originally the pegs were affixed to finials, but for this project the finials were replaced with carriage bolts (aka drop-in pegs), enabling a flat canopy without finials. An addition to the design is two cross-pieces (not shown) that rest on top of the canopy to help support the weight of the fabric.</p> <table border=0 width=750> <tr> <td align="center"> <a href="http://HouseBarra.com/projects/rosbed/peg-rails.jpg"><img src="http://HouseBarra.com/projects/rosbed/mpeg-rails.png"></a> <br> The finial with attached peg was replaced by a carraige bolt for this project.</td> <td align="center"> <a href="http://HouseBarra.com//projects/rosbed/curtain1.png"><img src="http://HouseBarra.com/projects/rosbed/mcurtain1.png"></a> </td> <td align="center"> <a href="http://HouseBarra.com//projects/rosbed/curtain2.png"><img src="http://HouseBarra.com/projects/rosbed/mcurtain2.png"></a> </td> <td align="center"> <a href="http://HouseBarra.com//projects/rosbed/curtain3.png"><img src="http://HouseBarra.com/projects/rosbed/mcurtain3.png"></a> </td> </tr></table> </center> </p> <center> <hr> </p></p> <a href="http://www.HouseBarra.com/">Home</a> | <a href="http://www.HouseBarra.com/members/">Members</a> | <a href="http://www.HouseBarra.com/projects/">Projects & Artwork</a> | <a href="http://www.HouseBarra.com/PastTimes/">PastTimes on the Web</a> | <a href="http://www.housebarra.com/EP/">Early Period</a> <br> <a href="http://www.HouseBarra.com/gallery/">Photo Gallery</a> | <a href="http://www.HouseBarra.com/bard/">Bardic Resources</a> | <a href="http://www.HouseBarra.com/Alex/">Alex's Page</a> | </center> </body> </html>