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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Walter_G._Capuozzo%2C_Rope_Bed%2C_c._1939%2C_NGA_16204.jpg/370px-Walter_G._Capuozzo%2C_Rope_Bed%2C_c._1939%2C_NGA_16204.jpg" decoding="async" width="370" height="297" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Walter_G._Capuozzo%2C_Rope_Bed%2C_c._1939%2C_NGA_16204.jpg/555px-Walter_G._Capuozzo%2C_Rope_Bed%2C_c._1939%2C_NGA_16204.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Walter_G._Capuozzo%2C_Rope_Bed%2C_c._1939%2C_NGA_16204.jpg/740px-Walter_G._Capuozzo%2C_Rope_Bed%2C_c._1939%2C_NGA_16204.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3206" /></a><figcaption>A rope bed without its mattresses etc.</figcaption></figure> <p>A rope bed is a type of <a href="/wiki/Platform_bed" class="mw-redirect" title="Platform bed">platform bed</a> in which the sleeper (and mattress) is supported by a lattice of rope, rather than wooden slats. </p><p>In cold climates, a rope bed would be topped with one or more insulating <a href="/wiki/Palliasse" class="mw-redirect" title="Palliasse">pailasses or bedticks</a>, which would traditionally be stuffed with straw, <a href="/wiki/Chaff" title="Chaff">chaff</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Down_feather" title="Down feather">down feathers</a>. It might also have a canopy hung with warm curtains.<sup id="cite_ref-indiana_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indiana-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Modernly, they may be topped by a thin <a href="/wiki/Futon" title="Futon">futon</a> (a form of bedtick) or other roll-up mattress<sup id="cite_ref-making_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-making-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (see <a href="/wiki/Mattress_topper" class="mw-redirect" title="Mattress topper">mattress topper</a>). </p><p>In the sixteenth century (England?), bedmats of woven or plaited rush were often laid on the widely-spaced ropes, and the bedticks were laid on the mats. This stopped them from bulging between the ropes.<sup id="cite_ref-V&A_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-V&A-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rope beds need to be tightened regularly (with a bed wrench, and sometimes with wedges) as they sag. They must also be re-strung occasionally; re-stringing reduces sag and evens out wear.<sup id="cite_ref-colonial_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-colonial-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-making_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-making-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When fully or partly unstrung, rope beds can be packed flat for transport.<sup id="cite_ref-making_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-making-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The need to tighten bedcords has been said to be the origin of the English phrase "<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sleep_tight" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:sleep tight">sleep tight</a>", <sup id="cite_ref-V&A_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-V&A-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but some etymologists disagree.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 402px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 400px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Walraversijde18.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Medieval-reconstruction rope beds (circa 1465); note loops of rope protruding from side boards"><img alt="Medieval-reconstruction rope beds (circa 1465); note loops of rope protruding from side boards" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Walraversijde18.jpg/600px-Walraversijde18.jpg" decoding="async" width="400" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Walraversijde18.jpg/900px-Walraversijde18.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Walraversijde18.jpg/1200px-Walraversijde18.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Medieval-reconstruction rope beds (circa 1465); note loops of rope protruding from side boards</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 202px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shakespeare%27s_Second_Bed.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="A rope bedframe thought to have belonged to William Shakespeare"><img alt="A rope bedframe thought to have belonged to William Shakespeare" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Shakespeare%27s_Second_Bed.JPG/300px-Shakespeare%27s_Second_Bed.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Shakespeare%27s_Second_Bed.JPG/450px-Shakespeare%27s_Second_Bed.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Shakespeare%27s_Second_Bed.JPG/600px-Shakespeare%27s_Second_Bed.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="5184" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A rope bedframe thought to have belonged to William Shakespeare</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 450px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 448px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:WLA_vanda_The_Great_Bed_of_Ware_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bedclothes pulled back to show the bedcords of the 1590s Great Bed of Ware"><img alt="Bedclothes pulled back to show the bedcords of the 1590s Great Bed of Ware" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/WLA_vanda_The_Great_Bed_of_Ware_2.jpg/672px-WLA_vanda_The_Great_Bed_of_Ware_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="448" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/WLA_vanda_The_Great_Bed_of_Ware_2.jpg/1009px-WLA_vanda_The_Great_Bed_of_Ware_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/WLA_vanda_The_Great_Bed_of_Ware_2.jpg/1345px-WLA_vanda_The_Great_Bed_of_Ware_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Bedclothes pulled back to show the bedcords of the 1590s <a href="/wiki/Great_Bed_of_Ware" title="Great Bed of Ware">Great Bed of Ware</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 226.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 224.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikimania_2014_-_Victoria_and_Albert_Museum_-_The_Great_Bed_of_Ware221398.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Touchable museum samples illustrating the layers of the Great Bed of Ware: the bedcords, a plaited-rush[8] bedmat, a flockbed and then a featherbed in dun ticking, a downbed in striped ticking, and the bedlinen.[4] Flock is unspun fibers, in this case probably wool. The bedticks stuffed with the softest fillings are laid topmost."><img alt="Touchable museum samples illustrating the layers of the Great Bed of Ware: the bedcords, a plaited-rush[8] bedmat, a flockbed and then a featherbed in dun ticking, a downbed in striped ticking, and the bedlinen.[4] Flock is unspun fibers, in this case probably wool. The bedticks stuffed with the softest fillings are laid topmost." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Wikimania_2014_-_Victoria_and_Albert_Museum_-_The_Great_Bed_of_Ware221398.jpg/337px-Wikimania_2014_-_Victoria_and_Albert_Museum_-_The_Great_Bed_of_Ware221398.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Wikimania_2014_-_Victoria_and_Albert_Museum_-_The_Great_Bed_of_Ware221398.jpg/506px-Wikimania_2014_-_Victoria_and_Albert_Museum_-_The_Great_Bed_of_Ware221398.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Wikimania_2014_-_Victoria_and_Albert_Museum_-_The_Great_Bed_of_Ware221398.jpg/675px-Wikimania_2014_-_Victoria_and_Albert_Museum_-_The_Great_Bed_of_Ware221398.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Touchable museum samples illustrating the layers of the Great Bed of Ware: the bedcords, a plaited-rush<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> bedmat, a flockbed and then a featherbed in dun ticking, a downbed in striped <a href="/wiki/Ticking" title="Ticking">ticking</a>, and the bedlinen.<sup id="cite_ref-V&A_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-V&A-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flock#Etymology_2" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:flock">Flock</a> is unspun fibers, in this case probably wool. The <a href="/wiki/Bedtick" class="mw-redirect" title="Bedtick">bedticks</a> stuffed with the softest fillings are laid topmost.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rope_bed&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:492px;max-width:492px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:284px;max-width:284px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:253px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Folding_Bedstead_MET_33104.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Folding_Bedstead_MET_33104.jpg/282px-Folding_Bedstead_MET_33104.jpg" decoding="async" width="282" height="253" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Folding_Bedstead_MET_33104.jpg/423px-Folding_Bedstead_MET_33104.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Folding_Bedstead_MET_33104.jpg/564px-Folding_Bedstead_MET_33104.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2176" data-file-height="1956" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:204px;max-width:204px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:253px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Folding_Bedstead_MET_103958.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Folding_Bedstead_MET_103958.jpg/202px-Folding_Bedstead_MET_103958.jpg" decoding="async" width="202" height="253" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Folding_Bedstead_MET_103958.jpg/303px-Folding_Bedstead_MET_103958.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Folding_Bedstead_MET_103958.jpg/404px-Folding_Bedstead_MET_103958.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2044" data-file-height="2560" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">A rope-base <a href="/wiki/Murphy-bed" class="mw-redirect" title="Murphy-bed">murphy-bed</a>, 1740–90, United States. In use, the upper frame would suspend a canopy and curtains, which would hide the bed entirely when it was folded and make it a <a href="/wiki/Canopy_bed" title="Canopy bed">lit à demi-ciel</a> when unfolded</div></div></div></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charpai" title="Charpai">Charpai</a> (warm-climate version)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedtick" class="mw-redirect" title="Bedtick">Bedtick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Platform_bed" class="mw-redirect" title="Platform bed">Platform bed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murphy_bed" title="Murphy bed">Murphy bed</a>; some are rope (or wire) beds</li></ul> <p><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/18px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, 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