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The marriage bed of Henry VII (also known as the Paradise Bed) is a carved oak four-post bedstead bought in a dilapidated condition at an auction in Chester, England, in 2010. Since then it has received considerable publicity in various media and is claimed by its supporters to be the bed designed and built for use on the night of King Henry VII's marriage to Elizabeth of York on 18 January 1486. The marriage symbolised the end of the War of the Roses by joining Henry's House of Lancaster to Elizabeth's House of York and the bed's design reflected this featuring both the White Rose of York and the Red Rose of Lancaster. A carving on the headboard depicted the Royal couple as either Adam and Eve or Christ and the Virgin Mary defeating the animals that opposed Christ in Psalm 91 and bringing

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  • The marriage bed of Henry VII (also known as the Paradise Bed) is a carved oak four-post bedstead bought in a dilapidated condition at an auction in Chester, England, in 2010. Since then it has received considerable publicity in various media and is claimed by its supporters to be the bed designed and built for use on the night of King Henry VII's marriage to Elizabeth of York on 18 January 1486. The marriage symbolised the end of the War of the Roses by joining Henry's House of Lancaster to Elizabeth's House of York and the bed's design reflected this featuring both the White Rose of York and the Red Rose of Lancaster. A carving on the headboard depicted the Royal couple as either Adam and Eve or Christ and the Virgin Mary defeating the animals that opposed Christ in Psalm 91 and bringing (en)
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  • The marriage bed of Henry VII (also known as the Paradise Bed) is a carved oak four-post bedstead bought in a dilapidated condition at an auction in Chester, England, in 2010. Since then it has received considerable publicity in various media and is claimed by its supporters to be the bed designed and built for use on the night of King Henry VII's marriage to Elizabeth of York on 18 January 1486. The marriage symbolised the end of the War of the Roses by joining Henry's House of Lancaster to Elizabeth's House of York and the bed's design reflected this featuring both the White Rose of York and the Red Rose of Lancaster. A carving on the headboard depicted the Royal couple as either Adam and Eve or Christ and the Virgin Mary defeating the animals that opposed Christ in Psalm 91 and bringing paradise to England (hence the bed's alternative name). The bed also includes the arms of France, reflecting Henry's possessions and ambitions there, as well as religious and fertility symbols. The bed is thought to have been gifted to Henry's stepfather, Thomas Stanley, in 1495 and remained in use by the Stanley family for a hundred years. It then vanishes from the historic record, surviving the wide-scale destruction of Royal furniture during the English Civil War, before reappearing in 1842 when copies of it were made but its true significance remained unknown. The bed was later used in the honeymoon suite of the Redland House Hotel in Chester. It was rediscovered after being sold at auction for £2,200 in 2010 when the hotel was redeveloped. The bed's purchaser, Ian Coulson, spent nine years carrying out research and tests on the bed which proved its Tudor provenance. The bed, which is now valued at £20 million, is held in Coulson's Langley Collection and has featured in exhibitions. Others, however, disagree with the hypothesis outlined above, which has been disseminated mainly by press coverage and has not been submitted to any peer reviewed journal. Since 2010 the bed has been seen by most of the leading furniture specialists in UK museums and auction houses and has failed to convince any of them. They believe it to be the work of the 19th century antiquary, architect and faker George Shaw (1810–76). The text below puts only one side of the argument. (en)
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