#canopy bed

Spicy colours have been used to create elegance and cosiness in this interior. The English eighteenth-century campaign bed is canopied in a striped, warm sienna brown silk, lined with yellow and covered with patterned nineteenth-century brown chintz quilt... Designer: David Mlinaric

Babu bed 拔步床

A traditional Chinese canopy bed popular in the Ming and Qing dynasties. It’s known for being ornate, enclosed, and almost “room-within-a-room.” The name babu (八步) is usually interpreted as “eight-section,” referring to the bed’s multiple structural parts.

Cultural role: commonly associated with marriage and was usually a part of the dowry, so sometimes called “wedding bed” (喜床 or 婚床), but not all babu beds are wedding beds.