[1] The Golden Bed matched the rest of the furniture designed for the guest bedroom, in keeping with the room's decorative scheme.

[3] The sideboards of the bed are ornamented with glass covering pieces of illuminated vellum and fragments of textiles.

[1] The estimate book Burges used for Tower House records the bed on 12 March 1879 as costing £39 13s (equivalent to £4,550 in 2023).

[4] From 1952 to 1953 the Exhibition of Victorian and Edwardian Decorative Arts was held at the V&A, at which the Golden Bed and an accompanying washstand, also from the guest bedroom at The Tower House, were lent for display.

[6] The bed joined a wardrobe designed by Burges on loan from Tower House in a newly created 'Burges room' at Knightshayes Court.