Four-Poster Beds: Frames, Not Drapes

A dark wooden four-poster bed. The four posts are slender square or simply turned, connected at the top by four horizontal bars forming a rectangular frame; otherwise, there is no canopy or drapery, only a white mosquito net hanging. The headboard is a simple wooden frame panel or woven cane. The mattress is not high, and the bed frame has distinct legs off the ground. The overall structure is skeletal and open. Avoid: adding heavy canopies and drapes, using intricately carved posts, making the headboard soft-padded, making the bed frame enclosed to the floor.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一張深色木的四柱床。四根柱子是細長的方形或簡單的車枳形,頂上以四根橫桿連成一個矩形的框,除此之外沒有任何頂篷與帷幔,只掛一頂白色蚊帳。床頭板是簡單的木框嵌板或藤編。床墊不高,床架離地有明確的腳。整體是骨架式的、透空的。避免:加上厚重的頂篷與布幔、使用雕花繁複的柱子、把床頭板做成軟包、讓床架落地封閉。