King-Size Goes Antique... L/ '? E Jk *?' ? Reauti f f||fjfpliMll A serene room Kelp* i end when it I* time to relax from the day's tensions. The elassie sim plicity of this French Empire design combine* with the stretching room of the queen-siae ma tires* to give a really good night's real. Super-aiae bedding is available in almoat every style to blend with or set off any deeor. Take a new lode at that cherished antique highboy. It was invented to go with king size beds. Many people think people size bedding is something new. Actually, some of the famous beds of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries dwarf our king-size beds. The Great Bed of Ware, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, measures nearly twelve feet square and rises well over seven feet to the top of the canopy. In Stowe, a bed nine feet nine inches long and nine feet wide was used for the visit of Frederick, Prince of Wales. The record size could well be that of a bed made for the marriage of Philip the Good of Burgundy and Isabel, daughter of John I of Portu gal, In 1429. It was said to nave been 18 feet long and 12 feet wide. Even ordinary beds of the last centuries could be called king-size. In a day when most men were five-foot-four, a six foot long bed offered true people-size comfort. To get the Because Colonial rooms were small so that they could be heated with only a fireplace, antique six-foot beds filled the room. If it were a double bed (and their double beds were approximately the same size as today's old-fashioned 54 inch by 75-inch bed that is rapidly being replaced) there was scarcely space for any other furniture. Thus came the antique high boy. It stacked his chest of drawers on top of her chest of drawers to conserve floor space and make room for a good bed. The famous cabinet makers of the Eighteenth Century be lieved the most important fea ture of any bedroom was the bed. So they designed beauti ful beds, ana scaled the rest of the bedroom pieces so they would fit. It was not until the Victor ian era that bedrooms became big and bedroom furniture heavier. Even then, New England houses tended to have their upstairs rooms small and unhealed. To save space, the washstand doubled as a holder for toilet articles. The bachelor chest fit into a small area. For the antique lover, to day's king-size beds offer dramatic decorating possibili ties. They are available with sturdy frames which do not require headboards or foot boards. This gives you many opportunities for individual ized draping or custom head board treatments. One decorator pushed a king-size bed against the wall, installed a brass hook such as those used for hanging lamps, and draped a canopy of fabric which echoed the graceful curves of the antique kidney shaped dressing table. Another bedroom decorator achieved a four-poster effect by hanging draperies from the ceiling at each corner of the king-size bed, gathering them with standard drapery department rosettes. And for perfect coordina tion, still another decorator sewed four 84-inch draperies end to end to make a king-size dust ruffle which she attached to a queen-size, 80 x 60 inch sheet She slipped the sheet between the mattress and box swings, and topped the whole effect with a queen-size spread. Result? A Colonial quilt-and dust-ruffle bed, people-size. Easter Branch by "Bettq Otocke* London Buns -i en "* t ? V i i y2 cup milk J4 cup sugar 2 cope New Blsquick I tablespoons salad oil or melted butter 1 cap currants or raisins Z2 cup candied fruit (3 ounces) Heat oven to 400*. areaae 16 medium or 30 small muffin cups or use paper baking cups. Blend all ingredients; beat vigorously % minute. Fill pre pared muffin cups % full. Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Serve hot. 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