{{Short description|Bed with two scrolling ends and a side baldachin}} {{more citations needed|date=July 2015}} thumb|Reconstruction, Warsaw Royal Castle The '''Lit à la Turque''', a bed with two scrolling ends and a side baldachin, was one of many products of the 18th century.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=6778 |title=Bed (Lit à la Turque) (Getty Museum) }}</ref> Due to the obsession with anything exotic or unusual from foreign countries, beds, furniture and other objects reflected this style. The design of this bed is not directly linked with any Turkish design, but reflects the luxurious and romantic designs that inspired the craftsmen of this time.

Beds of this type were placed sideways against the wall with a baldachin above either hung from the ceiling, or cantilevered from the wall or wall-side poles. Many times these beds were placed on wheels allowing the body of the bed to be pulled out and made up easily, while the back would stay attached to the wall. Others were self-contained, with the crown mounted on poles on one side only (both sides makes it a Polish bed).

Fashion for Turkish things peaked in the 18th century when Madame de Pompadour had a bedroom called the ''chambre à la turque'' (Turkish bedroom).

<gallery mode=packed heights=150> File:Castle of Gy 06.jpg|Canopy cantilevered from the wall File:Hemelbed, BK-1978-113.jpg|Crown supported by poles at the back to make a self-contained piece of furniture. Bolsters apparently missing. File:Maquettes de meubles en cire - Lit de madame du Barry au château de Fontainebleau (Louvre, OA 12209).jpg|A wax design model File:Musee des maisons comtoises - Fermes Sundgau 5.JPG|A simpler farmer's version, warm canopy apparently fasted to the ceiling-beams </gallery>

==See also== * Canopy bed * Polish bed

==References== {{Reflist}}

* {{Commons category-inline|Lits à la turque}}

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