Monday, December 30, 2024

What Can I Do With My Coat of Arms? Part 21 - In the Bedroom


Having looked at a few ways to display and use your coat of arms in the bathroom, today we're going to move just one room over and see how you might use your heraldry in the bedroom.

A couple of applications that should be fairly obvious is, of course, on what is normally the primary piece of furniture in the room, the bed. Such an application could take the form of sheets and/or pillow cases embroidered with your coat of arms:


Another is a bedspread or quilt that is also a display of heraldry:



Then, too, a chest at the foot of the bed is another vehicle on which to display your coat of arms:


And if you have a four-poster bed like the one above, the hangings at its head and surrounding it, or a canopy, can also be a place to show off your coat of arms:


And finally, even a lowly chest of drawers can become a display of heraldry. Here we have such a chest with straw marquetry showing the arms and marital alliances of the Jordan de Sury family:


So there you have it! Several different, and often complementary, ways in which you might use your coat of arms in the bedroom.

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