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Canopy bed

Bed canopies are used for decorative and aesthetic purposes, performing little or no useful function. Conventional canopies, as a rule, do not significantly improve the utility of a bed as a sleeping environment. Canopies have long been used since medieval ages as a decorative overhead item. These canopies have been used over beds, tables, thrones, sacred objects, exalted personages and the like. In modern times, canopies enjoy popular use as overhead bed canopies, awnings, and other household uses. Fabric structures such as draperies valences and the like are used to decorate canopy bed frames and other interior elements to provide a house with a definitive statement of interior design. One attractive aspect of these fabric structures is that they all typically possess a number of pleats, folds, and/or tucks wherein the fabric is folded upon itself. Overhead bed canopies have long been used to create a stylish bedroom decor. Bed canopies have traditionally been supported over a bed by a heavy structural frame formed integrally with the bed frame. The structural frame for bed canopies includes upstanding wooden posts at each corner of the bed. Overhead rails extend between each of the corner posts. Additional support rails may also extend between the side overhead rails.

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