At the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, England – there is an enormous bed on display.
It always attracts a crowd.
The bed is known as the “Great Bed of Ware”.
What makes it so fascinating?
Well, for starters, it’s particularly ornate and extremely old.
And it really is LARGE.
In fact, it was known to have slept up to ten people at one time!
Odd as that may sound, back in the late 16th century this wasn’t so unusual.
You see, the idea of a separate bedroom as we know it today, did not exist yet.
In fact, people typically spent every aspect of their day in one room – eating, living and sleeping.
A bed was multi-purpose, as was pretty much all furniture, and easily transportable.
(Except for the Great Bed of Ware, I’d venture to guess).
And why so many people in one bed, you might be wondering?
