"Taking Wing"

Originally designed to protect against chills in those drafty, old castles, the wing chair has been elevated to iconic status. They are characterized by a high back, comfortable arms, those enveloping wings and are available in styles from traditional to modern, even to the whimsical.

A statement is made by the exaggerated lines and proportions of the Aland Wing Chair by Jean de Merry.

Mid-mod fans can satisfy their style of choice with this chair, originally designed by Hans J. Wegner for Carl Hansen & Sons, and available through Room & Board.

Restoration Hardware's new French Upholstered Wing Chair exemplifies traditional form.

The Balloon Chair, also known as a canopy chair, brings the Victorian age to your hearth. Available through Horchow.

The Van Wing Chair by Bright Chair ups the style quotient with the slightly raised, exposed wood arms.

Clean and simple, Stanley Jay Friedman's Winged Chair for Brueton.

Delicate, hand painted chinoiserie sets off the detailed fretwork on the Chinese Chippendale Wing Chair by Gregorius|Pineo.

Now, you just need to pour a brandy, open the damper, stack the wood and light that cozy fire!

To sleep, perchance to dream...

We may not all relate to these words spoken by Shakespeare's Hamlet in his most famous soliloquy, but we can certainly find a comfy place to lay our heads in these beautiful canopy beds.
Hamlet himself would have been very much at home in the Tudor Poster Bed from Elijah Slocum with its hand-carved English Oak bulbous and gadrooned posts, paneled ceiling and arcaded headboard.

Beautifully simple Shaker style, the Farmhouse Canopy Bed in mahogany from Pottery Barn.

The Portica Canopy Bed by Room & Board is sleek and contemporary in brushed stainless steel.

Exquisite detailing in the hand-painted gold leaf vine trailing up the posts and the luxury of the button-tufted headboard make this Julia Gray Regency Four Poster a spectacular focal point.

Looking like it grew in Sherwood Forest is the Bard's Bed from Ironies.
Striking crotch mahogany is used to glorious effect in the headboard on the Barley Twist Four Poster Bed designed by Kerry Joyce and available through Dessin Fournir.

"To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light" ~ Sir Walter Scott