Canopy Bed: More Fabric Volume Than the Bed Itself

A French canopy bed. Four posts or a wall hook support sheer and linen fabrics, which drape from above along both sides of the headboard to the floor; the headboard is an upholstered curve, and the bedspread extends to the floor, pooling in folds at the foot. The volume of fabric is heavier than the bed itself. Avoid: using modern bed frames without fabric, making the canopy from thick opaque fabric, hanging fabric only on one side losing symmetry, pulling the bedspread too tight without folds.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一張有帳幔的法式床。四柱或牆上的一個掛鉤撐起薄紗與亞麻,布從高處垂下沿著床頭兩側落到地上;床頭是包布的弧形,床罩鋪到地面並在腳邊堆出褶。布的份量比床本身還重。避免:使用沒有布的現代床架、把帳幔做成厚重不透光的布、讓布只掛在單側失去對稱、把床罩收得太緊沒有褶。