Now
that's craftsmanship! A 400-year-old bed has been identified as the oldest
piece of furniture that has remained in continuous use by the same family
the longest. It has been slept in by 15 generations of the Berkeley family:
The antique four-poster with its ornate carved headboard has been providing
a good night's rest for residents of the Berkeley Castle estate in Gloucestershire
since 1608.
Far from being roped off into retirement like many pieces of historic
furniture, John Berkeley, 81, and his wife Georgina, 73, still use the
bed in the castle's Great State Bedroom.
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